Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Single-vineyard Assyrtiko from pyritic-soil parcels. Deep smoky-flint mineral with bottle-aged depth and a long saline finish.
Cuvées
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Savoury
Boutari Kallisti: the long-running Boutari Santorini Assyrtiko that helped position the appellation in export markets through the 1990s.
Boutari Nykteri
4.6
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant
Long-running Boutari Nykteri from Boutari: oak-aged, night-harvest PDO Santorini built for 5 to 8 years of bottle development.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant
Historic Nykteri from the 1836-founded Roussos canava. Oak-aged Assyrtiko-led blend in the long-running traditional style.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Historic Canava Roussos Vinsanto: long-aged sun-dried Assyrtiko-led blend; older 20 and 25-year aged bottlings available occasionally.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Single-vineyard Assyrtiko from the Kavalieros parcel near Oia. Bottle-aged release with smoky, flinty mineral depth and a long saline finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Old-vine single-vineyard Assyrtiko from a parcel of pre-phylloxera kouloura vines. Deep, smoky, mineral and built for two decades of bottle age.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Long-aged Vinsanto: 12 years in oak gives oxidative depth, dried fruit and walnut character with persistent acidity.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Two-decade oak-aged Vinsanto with deep oxidative complexity, candied orange and saffron lift. A long-aged PDO Vinsanto.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
The flagship Gaia PDO Santorini Assyrtiko. High-acid lemon line, saline minerality and stony finish from Exo Gonia parcels.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Cult cuvée aged in steel cages on the Aegean seabed. Iodine-saturated saline character distinct from the cellar-aged Thalassitis.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Wild-yeast fermented oak-touched Assyrtiko. Fuller-bodied, spiced and ageworthy expression with the same saline core.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Single-vineyard organic Assyrtiko named Skitali (the heir), continuing the late founder's single-parcel work. Deep, smoky, saline.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Long-aged cooperative Vinsanto. Twelve years in oak yields oxidative toffee and walnut depth with persistent acid.