The history of Etna is studded with the historic eruptions which have shaped it. That of 1614 is legendary, lasting ten years and the longest ever recorded, halting just on the border of the vineyards of Sciaranuova. A name strongly evocative of our Cru d...
Assyrtiko. Smells of the sea. Briny citrus, stony/mineral. Smells of its location a few metres from the sea. Herbal, citrus flavours and a mouth-wateringly salty flavour. Dry, pure, intense and long.
At the very end of a long tasting, winemaker Leto Paraskevopoulos offered me a small glass of the Gai'a NV Nemea Ritinitis Nobilis, and the effect was brilliant. The wine refreshed and immediately reset my palate. This is a "redefined" Retsina, or a wine ...