Mylonas Attika Assyrtiko 2019
Varietal:
Assyrtiko
Sub-Region:
Attica
Region:
Central Greece
Color:
White
Country/State:
Greece
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Wine & Spirits
(8/2020) "In the limestone soils of Keratea, far down the peninsula that extends south from Athens, Stamatis Mylonas farms 30 acres of vines in small patches dotted throughout the region's warm, sunny hills. Most of it is savatiano, the region's hallmark variety, but his assyrtiko has had 22 years now to set down roots. And it tastes like it: There's the sun, in the wine's sweet white-fruit flavors, as well as the scent of the wild thyme and scrub that scratch out a living in the vineyard's stony soils. And in the distance, there's the shimmer of the sea, caught in a whiff of salinity that draws the wine to a clean, refreshing close. Hand-picked, macerated for eight hours before fermentation in stainless-steel tanks, and with three months on its lees, it's a clean, clear version of assyrtiko with character."
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