Estate Argyros Atlantis White ★ 4.2
Atlantis White is Estate Argyros's accessible PGI Cyclades blend of Assyrtiko with Athiri and Aidani, sitting just below the PDO Santorini tier in the estate's hierarchy.
Boutari Santorini Assyrtiko has been on export markets since the late 1980s and is a widely available affordable expression of the appellation outside Greece.
Atlantis White is Estate Argyros's accessible PGI Cyclades blend of Assyrtiko with Athiri and Aidani, sitting just below the PDO Santorini tier in the estate's hierarchy.
Estate Argyros's straight Assyrtiko PDO Santorini is sourced from the estate's holdings on the Episkopi Gonia plateau and represents the standard against which Argyros's higher-tier single-vineyard bottlings are calibrated. Stony minerality, lemon-citrus precision, and a saline finish characterise the wine.
The Mikra Yi (Small Land) Assyrtiko from Artemis Karamolegos is the estate's entry PDO Santorini Assyrtiko, sourced from family-farmed plots in the Exo Gonia area on the eastern slope.
Anhydrous Winery's Assyrtiko PDO Santorini is a precise, minimal-intervention expression of the variety from a small estate near Megalochori.
Gaia Wines' Thalassitis Assyrtiko sits just at the upper edge of the budget tier and is widely cited as a value reference for Santorini Assyrtiko in international markets.
Domaine Sigalas's straight PDO Santorini Assyrtiko sits at the upper edge of the budget tier and is the entry to the Sigalas single-vineyard hierarchy. Salt-laced minerality, citrus and a long savoury finish characterise the wine at this price band.