Why do we love it?
If Assyrtiko is your favorite Greek white variety then you should definitely try the Clos Stegasta Assyrtiko Rare T-Oinos. It is a stunning white wine, with incredible complexity and structure that puts down famous white wines from Chablis and Pouilly.
A specific part of the Clos Stegasta vineyard, with a unique microclimate, gives its best fruit only in the best years for the Clos Stegasta Assyrtiko Rare T-Oinos. The harvest is done by hand to ensure that the precious grapes will remain intact and to make a first sorting of the fruit. Only the best berries enter the Clos Stegasta Assyrtiko Rare. The wine is fermented with ambient yeasts and then matures in stainless steel tanks, 500 lt oak barrels and amphorae for 6 months. Their combination gives complexity, earthy character and purity of fruit. The result has impressive structure, concentration, intense mineral character and sharp acidity that promise excellent development over the next 10 years.
Clos Stegasta Assyrtiko Rare T-Oinos is the great Greek white wine that you should try.
Tastes Like
It has medium lemon color and an impressive nose where the lemony aromas are combined with spicy notes and hints of wet stone. Aromas of white fleshed peach, clay, unripe pineapple and dough complete the complex set. In the mouth it has rich body, sharp acidity, light tannic substance and discreet oily feeling. Citrus, grapefruit, lemon, peach, tangerine, pineapple, vanilla, toast, nutmeg, acacia honey, wet stone, and savory sensation fill up the palate in every sip.
