March 9, 2021 - A very ripe nose, with a pronounced tone of honey as well as whiffs of sweetness. On the palate, I would have liked this a lot more had it been a little less hot -- you do get a good kick of alcohol on the finish here, but otherwise there are lovely flavours of sweet, ripe fruit, as well as a bit of honey. There is a mildly oxidative quality to this wine, but also there is plenty of salinity and a moderate amount of acidity to balance it out. A good wine, but perhaps a little heavyset for easy drinking.
March 5, 2021 - Served in a JRxRB Universal. Leaf / 1028 hPa.
Clear, golden color. Despite the color, the nose is plush with yellow fruit, ocean breeze, and a touch of petrol. There is a amber honey sort of quality on the finish that hints at the age, but it meshes incredibly well with everything else going on. The palate is briny with a combination of acidity and heft that creates an awesome balance. Salty, honeyed finish, with a bit of a rubbery note. As a previous note said, this is a delicious wine that doesn't necessarily achieve a better wine than a more youthful version, just different. Would like to try something in the 5-6 year old range.
May 13, 2020 - Sea spray and white fruits. Seems to be on a plateau. Plenty good but no depth or new dimensions. I see this as a wine that can be aged without detriment but also without enough gain to make it particularly worthwhile. I like it throughout its lifespan and think it is good value. Good with seafood.
October 21, 2019 - Going strong. I seriously doubt this will be better in another year or two and doubt it will be worse for the wear either. Drunk tonight with sea bass in a sauce with shallots, butter, vegetable broth and lemon juice that together were more magically delicious than pink stars, yellow moons and green clovers. I was a regular buyer of this savory, sea spray wine for a few years and then let it slip through the cracks. I’m getting back on the bandwagon.
January 23, 2018 - A business lunch (Brasserie van Baerle, Amsterdam, NL): Medium buttercup yellow colour; lovely balance and tension between creamy richness and crisp acidity, chalky core, citrus flavours, good length. Not hugely aromatic or complex, but exciting all the same.
December 23, 2017 - Nice bright apricot on the nose, with similar on the palate. Some spice too.
November 5, 2017 - Medium gold - clear. Medium(+) aromas of green pear/ in ripe stone fruit, but primarily of beautiful herabceousness and intense minerality. Nice full and complete palate of stone fruit and now with some citrus/lemon aspects. Intense acidity and minerality on the palate, with some lingering phenolic bitterness and good length. Beautiful wine.
August 22, 2017 - Too tart, green apples. Have had better Santorini Assyrtiko.
February 15, 2017 - Corked...
July 30, 2016 - From 75cl, good cork. P+P in a restaurant, but best 2 hours after opening, near room temperature. Straight out of the fridge this smelled of wet stones, slate dust, and showed attractive bitter/salty/lemony mid-palate notes, but little distinction. As it opened (and warmed) up it gained fine, ripe star-fruit and a wonderfully unctuous texture, like a fine Wachau Grüner Veltliner Smaragd. 14,5% alc. well integrated. Fine wine, drinking well now, but no hurry at all. 90(+)P