Structure
Critic scores
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In the glass
Aroma: ripe peach, pineapple, lemon
Palate: butter, bread, caramel
Green-yellow with greenish hues, expressive with ripe peach and tropical fruit over butter and caramel, rich and round in the mouth but refreshing and balanced.
What it pairs with
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Roast chicken with lemon potatoes
The partly barrel-fermented weight and buttery lees character match roast poultry. -
Seafood risotto
Batonnage-derived texture carries the creamy rice while the acidity keeps it fresh. -
Grilled swordfish
Pineapple and lemon notes lift a meaty, firm-fleshed fish off the grill.
Facts
- Producer
- Domaine Skouras · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Chardonnay (100%)
- Classification
- PGI Peloponnese
- Oak
- Seventy percent fermented in stainless steel, 30 percent fermented and matured six months in new 225 litre French barriques with regular batonnage
- ABV
- 13.0%
- Price
- €13-15 at retail
Frequently asked about Almyra Chardonnay
What does Almyra taste like?
Skouras describes a green-yellow colour with a few greenish hues and an expressive nose of ripe peach, tropical fruit such as pineapple and hints of lemon, followed by butter, bread and caramel. The mouth is rich, round, refreshing and balanced with a long, complex finish.
Is Almyra oaked?
Partly. Seventy percent of the must ferments in stainless steel and 30 percent in new 225 litre French oak barriques, where it completes malolactic fermentation and matures on lees for six months with regular batonnage.
What grape is Almyra made from?
It is 100 percent Chardonnay from Corinthia, harvested in the middle of August after six hours of skin contact at 14 degrees.
What food pairs with Almyra?
Roast chicken with lemon potatoes, seafood risotto and grilled swordfish all suit its buttery texture and long finish.