The iconic white wine of famed Santorini, the Greek Aegean island. The wine offers floral, lemon and green fruit aroma. The palate is rather high in acidity, terrific texture, and finish with unparalleled minerality mouth-feel. Gaia uses wild-ferment, even yeast involved came entirely from the single plot of vineyard, where the fruits were harvested.

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The carefully selected matured and qualitative Assyrtiko comes exclusively from the vineyard of Pyrgos, a fact that justifies its larger aromatic character, than that from other areas of the island.

After undergoing the 12-hour skin contact process at around 10^οC, the grape must is placed in small 1.000 litre INOX tanks and in new 225lt French, American oak barrels and acacia barrels. The temperature is then allowed to rise naturally, without any further involvement. From that point on, modern technology passes the baton to traditional winemaking.

The wild yeast strains that prevail are the ones which eventually determine the wine’s character.

In every tank and barrel something different occurs. After the end of the fermentation, we choose only those tanks and barrels which, according to our expertise, raise the Assyrtiko to new levels of enjoyment.  

The challenge in the production of Gaia's Wild Ferment Assyrtiko is the fact that every year they discover a new dimension of this multifaceted variety.