Anhydrous Aidani
4.3
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Fruity · Easygoing
Single-varietal Aidani from Anhydrous: lifted floral aromatics, soft citrus, with saline volcanic core.
Cuvées
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Savoury
Mavrotragano-led blend with Mandilaria. Firm-tannin Aegean red with savoury herb and dark-fruit core.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Savoury
Anhydrous flagship PDO Santorini Assyrtiko: saline, citrus-driven, stony, from the boutique 2021-founded cellar at Fira Kontochori.
Antoniou Nykteri
4.3
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant
Antoniou Nykteri: oak-aged night-harvest PDO Santorini Nykteri with smoky spice depth.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Savoury
Antoniou PDO Santorini Assyrtiko: classic stony saline expression from the multi-level rock-cut cellar at Megalochori.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Antoniou PDO Vinsanto: long oak-aged in rock-cut chambers of the historic Megalochori cellar.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Savoury
Small-production Mavrotragano from Antonis Argyros's Art Space, made in the 1861 family canava at Exo Gonia.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Refreshing
Small-production PDO Santorini Assyrtiko from Art Space at Exo Gonia. Classic stony saline expression.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Art Space PDO Vinsanto: long oak-aged sweet wine from the 1861 family canava at Exo Gonia.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Savoury
Karamolegos Mavrotragano: dark-fruit Aegean red with firm tannin and smoky herb.
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.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant
Night-harvest Nykteri at Karamolegos. Riper, oak-touched PDO bottling with honey-wax depth.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Savoury
Older-vine PDO Santorini Assyrtiko. Saline mineral lift, citrus depth and a stony finish.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Karamolegos Vinsanto: sun-dried Assyrtiko-led blend with caramel, dried fruit and high-acid lift.
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.
Boutari Vinsanto
4.4
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Boutari PDO Vinsanto: sun-dried Assyrtiko-led blend with caramel and dried-fruit depth, high-acid lift.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Savoury
Caldera red: traditional Mavrotragano-Mandilaria field blend from Roussos. Firm tannin and savoury herb.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Rustic
Sweet liturgical Nama red from Roussos. Made in the historic island method for the Orthodox church-wine tradition.
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 · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Savoury
Tiny-production Mikra Yi Mavrotragano: dark-fruit Aegean red with firm tannin and smoky herb.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant
Boutique single-vineyard PDO Santorini from Mikra Yi (small land), drawn from ungrafted kouloura parcels near Megalochori.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Easygoing · Fruity
Single-varietal Athiri: softer-shouldered Santorini white showing pear, white flowers and gentle mineral lift.
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 · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Savoury
Mandilaria from Sigalas: rose-and-pomegranate aromatics on a tannic, savoury Aegean red structure.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Savoury
Single-varietal Mavrotragano: deeply coloured, structured red with black-fruit core, firm tannin and smoky Aegean herb lift.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Savoury
Saline, mineral PDO Santorini from ungrafted Assyrtiko on volcanic soil. Citrus and white-stone-fruit aromatics with high acidity and a stony finish.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Single-village Assyrtiko from Akrotiri on the wind-scoured southern tip. Leaner, more saline profile from the exposed cliffside vineyards.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Single-village Assyrtiko from Imerovigli on the northern caldera rim. Floral lift over a stony saline core.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Single-village Assyrtiko from Megalochori. Slightly broader-textured than the eastern villages with iodine-tinged mineral lift.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Refreshing
Single-village Assyrtiko from Oia in the northern crescent of Santorini, the village around the Sigalas estate. Wild herb and salt-spray character.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Single-village Assyrtiko from Pyrgos parcels on the central ridge of Santorini. Stony, saline, with classic high-acid Assyrtiko line.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Sun-dried Assyrtiko-led Vinsanto with long oak ageing. Dried fig, caramel and apricot with high acidity preserving lift.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Savoury
Small-batch Vassiliou PDO Santorini Assyrtiko: classic stony saline expression from a by-appointment family cellar.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Entry-tier Cycladic white blend from Estate Argyros, Assyrtiko-led with Aidani and Athiri. Saline, citrus-driven and quaffable.
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.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Savoury
Old-vine indigenous-red Mavrotragano from Estate Argyros parcels. Deep colour, firm tannin, smoky Aegean herb character.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Savoury
PDO Santorini Assyrtiko from old-vine Argyros parcels at Episkopi Gonia. Smoky stony minerality and high-acid lemon line.
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.
Dessert · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Festive · Fruity
Younger-release Vinsanto from Argyros. Bright dried-apricot and honey character with acidity preserving lift through the sweetness.
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.
Gaia Vinsanto
4.6
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Long-aged Gaia Vinsanto: oxidative depth with caramel, walnut and dried-fig core lifted by Santorini's high natural acidity.
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.
Gavalas Katsano
4.5
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Fruity · Easygoing
Katsano is a heritage white indigenous to Santorini. Gavalas vinifies it as a monovarietal, producing a softer-shouldered, fruit-driven style; few other producers on the island bottle Katsano as a single variety.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Savoury
Gavalas PDO Santorini Assyrtiko: saline, citrus-driven, stony, from the five-generation family canava in Megalochori.
Gavalas Vinsanto
4.4
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Gavalas PDO Vinsanto: sun-dried Assyrtiko-led blend with caramel and dried-fruit depth, high-acid lift.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Fruity
Voudomato is a rare Aegean-island red. Gavalas's single-varietal bottling shows a lifted, herbal, red-fruit profile.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Fruity · Easygoing
Rare monovarietal Aidani: lifted floral aromatics, softer-shouldered than Assyrtiko, with a saline volcanic mineral core.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Single-vineyard Assyrtiko from a parcel of 17 distinct old-vine plots. Wax, honeycomb and saline mineral depth with extended ageing potential.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Savoury
Organic single-varietal Mavrotragano. Deep colour, savoury Aegean herbs and firm-tannin red structure.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Bold
Organic night-harvest Nykteri from Hatzidakis: high-octane, oak-touched Assyrtiko at the textural extreme of PDO Santorini.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Refreshing
Organic PDO Santorini from the late Haridimos Hatzidakis's Pyrgos estate. Stony, mineral and saline with the wild-herb lift of Aegean garrigue.
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.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Oak-aged premium Assyrtiko from Santo. Lemon peel and smoky spice with full body and an extended saline finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Savoury
Cooperative Mavrotragano. Firm-tannin Aegean red with black-fruit core and smoky herb.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant
Night-harvest Nykteri from Santo. Full-bodied, oak-touched Assyrtiko-led blend with high acidity and long finish.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Savoury
Co-operative PDO Santorini bottling from fruit across the island. Saline, citrus-driven and an entry into the appellation.
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.
Dessert · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Festive · Fruity
Cooperative entry-tier PDO Vinsanto. Dried apricot and honey with high acidity preserving lift.
Vassaltis Aidani
4.3
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Fruity · Easygoing
Rare single-varietal Aidani: lifted floral aromatics, softer-shouldered than Assyrtiko, with saline volcanic core.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Fruity
Classic PDO blend of all three Santorini white grapes from older-vine Vassaltis parcels. Floral lift over a saline core.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Single-vineyard PDO Santorini from a Vourvoulos parcel. Smoky flint and deep saline depth with cellar-worthy structure.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Vassaltis flagship PDO Santorini Assyrtiko: precise, saline, stony, with bright citrus drive.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant
Venetsanos Nykteri: oak-aged night-harvest PDO Santorini Nykteri with smoky spice depth.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Savoury
PDO Santorini Assyrtiko from the cliff-cut Venetsanos cellar at Megalochori. Saline, citrus-driven and stony.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Venetsanos PDO Vinsanto from the restored Megalochori cliff cellar. Long oak ageing produces oxidative caramel and dried-fruit depth.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant
Volcan Wines Nykteri: night-harvest oak-aged PDO Santorini Nykteri with smoky honey-wax depth.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Savoury
Volcan Wines PDO Santorini Assyrtiko: the Koutsoyannopoulos house bottling from the 1870-founded cellar at Vothonas.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Volcan Wines PDO Vinsanto: long oak-aged Santorini sweet wine from the historic Vothonas cellar.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Savoury
Volcanic Slopes Mavrotragano: dark-fruit Aegean red from Akrotiri southern parcels, firm tannin and savoury herb lift.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Fruity · Easygoing
Rare single-varietal Aidani from Akrotiri parcels. Lifted floral aromatics with sea-spray saline edge.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Boutique PDO Santorini from the Akrotiri cliffs at the southern tip of the island. Lean, saline and stony from wind-scoured parcels.