Community Tasting Notes 24

• Vinsot Likes this wine: 93 points

  March 25, 2024 - Peak time. Really good

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• rikipedia Likes this wine: 89 points

  January 13, 2024 - 2018 Gaia 'Assyrtiko by Gaia' Wild Ferment. A mid to deep gold colour. Powerful aromas of honeyed lemons/lemsip, lightly rubbed (pestle and mortar) herbs like tarragon or dill and is accompanied by hints of lime, smoke and sea salt/island breezes. Some fine oatmeal and acacia lurk in the background suggesting some extended lees contact.
  The palate opens with a strident and zesty acidity with sunbaked lemons and some flesh. Fairly linear the wine is typically Assyrtiko as it is dominated by ripe lemon flavors and a chalky and shrivelled lemon skin texture. Plenty going on, this is vibrant although it is showing signs of ageing. Closes with lemon leaf and brine.
  70- to 80-year old ungrafted vines on 300-year-old roots.

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• Krassens Likes this wine: 88 points

  June 11, 2023 - Vertical tasting of 2013-2021. Acidity still lively, oak, yellow apples, hint of bitterness as well as tropical fruit. Moving into a good state over the coming 2-5 years.

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• Zweder wrote: 86 points

  October 24, 2022 - The bouquet is reticent and hardly shows anything except maybe some butter. On the palate full bodied, a bit fat, yellow fruits, a lot of acidity and bitterness.

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• DonSacco Likes this wine: 89 points

  April 1, 2022 - Strå gul. Moden fruktighet, urter og tydelig mineralitet. Sitter godt med krydder, mineraler og begynnende modenhet på ettersmak.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2018
• Type White
• Producer Gaia
• Varietal Assyrtiko
• Designation Wild Ferment
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Greece
• Region Aegean
• SubRegion Cyclades
• Appellation Santorini
• UPC Code 5203021111105

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• In Cellars 167 (48%)
• Consumed 180 (52%)

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