Gaia Wines: Assyrtiko Wild Ferment 2025

Jancis Robinson über: Assyrtiko Wild Ferment

The aroma is not straightforward Assyrtiko thanks to the winemaking and ageing choices. There’s no lack of head-clearing, piercing and stony citrus freshness but there’s also an inviting creaminess and many layers, the merest hint of vanilla. On the palate, electrifying tension and salty intensity. Like sticking your finger in a socket with the power switched on. But it’s balanced, intense and long. And has a lovely dusty/mineral quality and very little sign of the oak/acacia except in a rounded creaminess on the finish and a little bit of oak spice and oatmeal – extremely subtle – as it opens in the glass. Long and very salty on the finish, and yet there is an unexpected lingering creaminess and light vanilla sweetness (even if the wine is dry) long after the wine has been swallowed. Terrific intensity becomes even more evident on the day after opening.