{"product_id":"2025-assyrtiko-wild-ferment-gaia-wines","title":"Assyrtiko, Wild Ferment, Gaia Wines 2025","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHow it tastes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA complex, faintly funky bouquet of citrus and smoke, with vanilla, toasty oak and floral hints drawn from the acacia casks. Dry and precise on the palate, medium in weight, with high acidity, an oak-wreathed minerality and a salty, tangy finish. Assyrtiko 100%.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe producer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGaia Wines was one of the pioneers of the modern Greek wine revival, established in 1994 by Leon Karatsalos and Yiannis Paraskevopoulos, who work from two wineries, at Nemea and on Santorini, with the stated aim of showing what indigenous Greek varieties can do. The Assyrtiko comes from Santorini, where 80-year-old, low-yielding, self-rooted vines grow in volcanic soils poor in organic matter and high in sand, which is why phylloxera has never taken hold; the vines are trained into the low basket shape known locally as kouloura, protection against long sunshine hours, scant rainfall, sea mists and strong summer winds, with the Aegean acting as a buffer on the extremes. The hand-picked grapes were destemmed, crushed and cold-soaked 12 hours at 10°C, and the free-run juice fermented on natural yeasts alone: 45% in stainless steel, 45% in wooden casks split evenly between French oak, American oak and acacia, and the last 10% in ceramic vats, the temperature left to rise unchecked, followed by four to six months on fine lees with bâtonnage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood and drinking\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 10-12°C. Grilled octopus, lemon-roasted chicken, baked feta with tomato, or a rich seafood pasta. Drinking well now and over the next six to eight years. Sealed with DIAM. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gaia Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58476289982847,"sku":"HNW-5912425A","price":47.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/4192\/4998\/files\/5912425A.jpg?v=1789920904","url":"https:\/\/www.edkawines.com\/products\/2025-assyrtiko-wild-ferment-gaia-wines","provider":"Edka Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}