Vines here are planted in ash soils left behind by one of the largest volcanic detonations in history, which occurred around 1,500BC. This lends the wines their intense mineral expression. The plants themselves are untrained or, rather, unsupported, since as they grow they are woven into large "baskets" that sit directly on the soil. Lastly, this is a wine that has been fermented using wild yeast, which means that it is wholly a product of Santorini and expresses nothing but that extraordinary island's terroir.
Single Bottle price shown is under bond
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£19.00
duty paid price: £26.39
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This looks electric in the glass: a super vibrant and clear greenish lemon in colour. There is a note of wood that hovers over the nose, but beneath one can perceive brilliantly defined scents of citrus fruit especially lemon and green apple. The palate is, like the colour in the glass, an electric thing, full of vim and energy. Lemon freshness hums through the middle of the dense, lively lemon and apple fruit, beneath all of which lurks a dense and highly mineral structure. One almost feels one can taste the Minoan eruption in its mineral complexity. Utterly, utterly fascinating wine.
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AVAILABLE: Currently lying in our storage at London City Bond Dinton Woods
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