2009 Sigalas Assyrtiko Athiri

Community Tasting Notes (17) Avg Score: 86.7 points

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  11/14/2013 - french16 wrote:

  Very expressive nose but it is butchered by the crazy amount of sulfur used. Unripe pineapple with a touch of grass and lime. Similar palate. Decent acidity but here again the wine is very angular because of the sulfur.

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  2/22/2012 - french16 wrote:

  Consistent with our previous bottle. Herbal with melon and smoke. Round, fat with some acidity. Not as mineral as last time.
  Always enjoyable. Interesting to notice that the blend is always less spicy, volcanic than the pure Assyrtiko.

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  7/16/2011 - brooklynguy wrote:

  Needs some air and then shows good balance and drinkability, and some of the saline savoury typicity of santorini, but to me the Athiri adds not a lot and takes away from the lithe body, the rapier like acidity of the pure Assyrtiko wines.

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  7/3/2011 - hkm520240 wrote: 89 Points

  Drank from a 375ml brought back from Sigalas cellar door. Bright straw yellow. Lifted nose of citrus fruits, floral and hints of mineral. Good weight with citrus fruits and underlying acidity backbone. An enjoyable white with long mineral finish.

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  6/24/2011 - Yiannis wrote: 88 Points

  Much better now than when first tasted a year ago, in the sence that, as all the wines from this estate, it has gained in regional typicity with time. Chalky minerality, grapefruit, medium bodied with noticeable saltiness and sharp acidity. Ideal to pair with raw sea-food.

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