10+12 - Domaine De Kalathas - 2017

Producer: Domaine de Kalathas
Grape: Aspro Potamisi 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2017
Country: Greece
Region:
Subregion: Tinos Island
Alcohol: 14%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil: Granitic Sandstone
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: The naturally low-acidity of Aspro Potamisi might trouble those used to sharper, chiseled whites from Greece, from varieties like Assyrtiko for example. Yet these very ripe grapes produced an original wine of smooth exotic aromas, the iodine finish and the puzzling bitterness adding complexity and contributing to create an "umami" wine, a characteristic emphasized by what could be perceived as a real "memory of sugar", an impression of native sweetness conveyed by the sun-roasted, rich old-vine Potamisi whose sugars were nonetheless almost totally reduced by its indigenous yeasts.