“A contemplative wine with incredible lingering depths. Quality shines through – everyone should be excited about Greece.” - Decanter, 95 points

“Smoky, spicy, unique!” - Jancis Robinson, 17.5 points

This is definitely not a quaffer. It’s a wine to swirl in a large glass and sip slowly and contemplatively, like a good whisky. It’s a fairly deep, burnished bronze colour and rich in tannic texture and stone-licking dryness. It’s almost the opposite of a white wine, with the fruit providing the structure and the structure providing the flavour, with smoke, nut skins, toast and salt to the fore with the fruit and flora playing second fiddle, fleshing out the core with dried apricot and preserved lemon. It’s a blend of 50% Malagousia, 25% Assyrtiko, 20% Vidiano and 5% Aidani. The Vidiano and Aidani were fermented in clay amphorae, and all the wines see 5 days of skin contact. 13.5% alc. Drink now-2035.

Press reviews:

Decanter: “Deep gold colour. Intense orange and earth aromas, hints of nuts and honey. Creaminess, caramelised fruit and freshly shorn wool. This grows on you, with so much salty tension and freshness, and the austerity blossoms into complex layers of flavour. A contemplative wine with incredible lingering depths. Quality shines through – everyone should be excited about Greece. Drink now-2040.” 95 points

JancisRobinson.com: ”Smoky, spicy, unique! Smoky and a little bit toasty. Rich in sour apricot and bitter orange. Lightly tannic and so fresh. Toasty, spicy. Full in the mouth and so fresh. Tannic but balanced by the fruit. Volume, freshness, structure and fruit all in harmony. 'I am surprised' by the result, says Thymiopoulos, 'I designed the wine in my mind'. Drink now-2029.” 17.5 points