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2021 Lyrarakis - Dafni Crete Psardes
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2021 Lyrarakis - Dafni Crete Psardes

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2021 Lyrarakis - Dafni Crete Psardes (750ml)
16.5 Points
"Full bottle 1,311 g. Vegan-friendly. Planted at 480 m in Alagni, central Crete, dry-farmed. Eight hours' skin contact. 10% of the grapes harvested early for extra freshness. Fermented in tank. Aged on lees for 4.5 months. TA 6.15 g/l, pH 3.16.

Super-intense and utterly distinctive aroma of bay leaf, rosemary, even a little resinous – not unlike some aromatic Savatiano wines but this is more scented and less savoury, less resinous. This is a real step up in intensity from how I remember the 2020: benchmark, whole-hearted, so fresh and so lively. A wine with its heart and its aroma on its sleeve. I would love to try this with roast chicken stuffed with lemon and thyme or rosemary (sadly none to hand). The skin contact has added a gentle and attractive pithy texture that matches the flavours perfectly."
—Julia Harding MW-Jancis Robinson
Appellation: Crete
Vintage: 2021
Variety: Misc White
Region: Crete
Country: Greece
Bottle Size: 750ml
Producer: Lyrarakis
Lyrarakis
2021 Lyrarakis - Dafni Crete Psardes (750ml)
16.5 Points
"Full bottle 1,311 g. Vegan-friendly. Planted at 480 m in Alagni, central Crete, dry-farmed. Eight hours' skin contact. 10% of the grapes harvested early for extra freshness. Fermented in tank. Aged on lees for 4.5 months. TA 6.15 g/l, pH 3.16.

Super-intense and utterly distinctive aroma of bay leaf, rosemary, even a little resinous – not unlike some aromatic Savatiano wines but this is more scented and less savoury, less resinous. This is a real step up in intensity from how I remember the 2020: benchmark, whole-hearted, so fresh and so lively. A wine with its heart and its aroma on its sleeve. I would love to try this with roast chicken stuffed with lemon and thyme or rosemary (sadly none to hand). The skin contact has added a gentle and attractive pithy texture that matches the flavours perfectly."
—Julia Harding MW-Jancis Robinson
Appellation: Crete
Vintage: 2021
Variety: Misc White
Region: Crete
Country: Greece
Bottle Size: 750ml
Producer: Lyrarakis