Freddy R. Troya

9.2

Santo Wines — Santorini Assyrtiko 2025
Santorini PDO, Greece 🇬🇷

Overview
100% Assyrtiko from selected mountain vineyards on Santorini, grown in the island’s arid, volcanic, low-yielding conditions. This is a particularly graceful expression of the variety—less about sheer intensity and more about finesse, freshness, and that unmistakable Santorini personality.

Aromas & Flavors
Fresh lemon, citrus peel, green apple, and delicate white fruit, with subtle herbal notes and a distinctly stony, volcanic character.

Mouthfeel
Light- to medium-bodied, agile, and beautifully vibrant. Crisp acidity drives the palate, while pronounced minerality and a subtle saline edge add dimension. There is even a very distant suggestion of fizz that gives the wine extra energy without distracting from its refinement.

Food Pairings
Grilled octopus, fresh fish, oysters, shrimp, Greek salads, lemon-herb chicken, or simply grilled Mediterranean vegetables.

Verdict
One of the most delicious Santorini Assyrtikos I’ve tasted recently. Delicate yet expressive, mineral-driven without becoming austere, and wonderfully refreshing. It captures Assyrtiko’s serious side while remaining incredibly inviting from the first sip.

Did You Know?
Santorini’s Assyrtiko vines are traditionally grown in basket-shaped kouloura, protecting the grapes from the island’s fierce winds and intense sun. Many vineyards are also ungrafted, rooted directly into the island’s volcanic soils.

🍷 Personal Pick
A little Santorini jewel. The finesse grabbed me immediately, but it’s the combination of stony minerality, salinity, freshness, and effortless energy that makes me want this in my cellar many times over. — 4 days ago

Erica Gamble

9.2

Light color, brightness like a Pinot but has pepper and earth to accompany tart fruit.More acidic. Really good and different. — 3 months ago

Erika Lilja

8.9

Dry light white pairs well with seafood — 5 months ago

Mark S.

8.9

Ruby red oak vanilla red tea meat raspberry Fruitiness M Sweetness M Acidity M+ Tannin M+++ like Nebbiolo. Bitterness M Body M+ Finish M 14.5% Kir-Yianni Estate Ramnista Single Vineyard Xinomavro 20 @4950, AD, 260114 — 7 months ago

John Howard

Harvest production at Hirsch and Cobb Wineries

8.9

Good but a bit flab. — 10 months ago

Ashley B

9.1

Fantastic chilled wine for a hot day in London — 3 years ago

Ryan Colthorp

9.1

Almost clear in color. Notes of the sea on the nose. More complex than their Santorini flagship Assyrtiko. Paired so well with ceviche at Sigalas winery in Santorini. — 10 days ago

Joe DAscoli

9.3

Excellent wine paired with salmon and asparagus — 2 months ago

Space

9.0

Выпито 08.05.26 в Koursaros с семьей Манукянов Т. Достойно. — 3 months ago

Peter Sultan

9.1

Another Greek red impressing me. Not as fulsome as the Naoussa I’ve reviewed here, but also Nebbiolo adjacent in a good way. Dark red cherry notes, lavender flowers, bay leaf which could be off putting to some (but not out of balance). For about 20$ I likey, but wasn’t crazy for. — 5 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.1

Nose: Brett blows off quickly. Hint rubber. Pink roses peeking out.

Palate: good blackberry fruit. Bright. Cocoa. Juicy. Quaffable.

13.5%

$22 $18.50 3/5 alluvial — 7 months ago

Bettina Read

9.3

A delicious orangey rose. — 8 months ago

JKT

9.0

Good contrast to the Lebanese white for the dishes, better pairing me thinks. — a year ago

Tom Auer

9.4

Had at Maxwell Park in DC. Excellent, savory, grippy. — 24 days ago

Peter van den Besselaar

8.9

vintage 2023 | Not an everyone’s friend, I find this difficult to recognise blind. Intense smell, asparagus? Juicy. — 2 months ago

Ashraf Attal

9.2

With Nathalie and Barakats — 2 months ago

Jay Bergesen

9.5

If this was the only wine I could drink for the rest of my life, I’d be quite content. — 4 months ago

Irina Georgieva

9.2

Fresh, new, balanced, easy to drink — 6 months ago

Carter White

9.3

Dark fruit, tar, light but powerful. Reminds me of good piemonte nebbiolo. — 8 months ago

Dave Hoffman

9.0

80% Agiorgitiko; 20% Cabernet Sauvignon — a year ago