Region · Cyclades, Greece
Santorini
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Basket vines on pumice
A caldera, no phylloxera, Assyrtiko trained in coils against the wind, and whites that taste of lemon and volcano.
- lemon
- smoke
- saline
- wet stone
- citrus oil
Kouloura basket training is not a postcard gimmick; it is how you keep grapes from the wind and the sun. Yields are tiny. Prices have risen with the sommeliers, and they are still justified.
Nykteri is a riper, often oak-aged night-harvested style. Vinsanto is sun-dried and amber. Drink the dry classic first.
Grilled fish, feta, capers, tomato, and olive oil.
At the table
Service
46–50 °F (8–10 °C).
