Assyrtiko and Roditis get a mainland marriage here, grown in Damasi and given six months in old French oak that broadens it without ever dulling the edge. The nose is telling and moreish: Greek mountain tea and lime marmalade, lemon icing, a whisper of coconut, and something like sea air off the rocks. The palate is focused and gently oily — candle wax, jasmine, fresh stone fruit, a lick of sea salt — before high acidity lifts the finish clean away. Roditis adds the flesh, Assyrtiko keeps the salt and bravura; aromatic, piquant, pure pleasure with oysters or a table full of mezze.
MADE BY:
Nikos & Dimitris Papadopoulos
COMES FROM:
Damasi, Tyrnavos, Thessaly
GRAPES ARE:
Assyrtiko / Roditis
GROWN ON:
Sandy clay over limestone
MADE HOW:
Spontaneous fermentation & maturation in second-use 500 L oak barrels for 6 months
