Santorini Pure Volcanic Slopes Vineyards has just launched and it is simply amazing! The miracle of Santorini’s vineyard, with its 200-year-old vines and volcanic soil, is contained in this wine and yes, it is a Greek wine definitely worth 100 points!
Volcanic Slopes Vineyards is one of the youngest wineries on the island and it seems to be one of the most promising. It is located in Episkopi, on a remodeled canava of the 18th century, surrounded by old vines of Assyrtiko. As you probably know, Santorini has some of the oldest vines in the world because, due to its special climate and soil, it survived phylloxera.
Manolis Chloridis’s vineyards in Pyrgos and Megalochori, over 200 years old, give very few grapes (the acre yields are tremendously low) that have sublime concentration and character. The precious fruits, in the hands of the maître of Assyrtiko, Matthew Argyros, gave the most "pure" and raw expression of Santorini. For Santorini Pure 2018 Volcanic Slopes Vineyards, Argyros chose buried concrete tanks for the fermentation and maturation of Assyrtiko. After the end of the fermentation, the wine matures for 14 months with its fine wine lees. Finally, after bottling, it rests for a year in the cellar.
Santorini Pure Volcanic Slopes Vineyards may be sublime now, but if you keep it in your cellar for 5 years more, it could be jaw-dropping! Do not miss this really great wine!
