April 18, 2023 5:42 pm
An old favourite tasted at Flint Wines annual tasting.
The outstanding Plethora from Vassaltis is a truly remarkable wine. It is made from late harvest Assyrtiko and spends 6 months on lees then 8 months in 60 year old vinsanto barrels then 2 years in bottle before release. A gap is left on top and sometimes flor grows. So there really is a lot of wine making influence in this complex drop.
Nose is reminiscent of a vinsanto: roasted nuts, smoke, hint of caramel, touch of balsamic. Very complex, a hint of Christmas spice.
The mouth feel is rich and textured with flavours of cake spices, orange peel and a characteristic sea salt and wet stone tang. Very, very long. An outstanding wine, extraordinary.
For my full tasting notes of the Vassaltis range see Adam’s article on the winery.
Posted by Kiran
Categories: wine of the month
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