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. — a day ago

Sotiris Bantas

9.0

Smooth and unusually full-bodied for Assyrtiko - Santorini keeps giving! — 5 months ago

John Osgood

9.2

Tasty with great balance — 9 months ago

with Matt

Cathy Corison

Owner/Winemaker Corison Winery

9.1

Characteristic SO2. Lovely fruit. — 4 years ago

Michael Sotiriou

9.0

Light, minerally, and citrus — 5 years ago

with Angelique

Loren Gesinsky

9.4

In addition to the great old-vine and oxidative elements, we still enjoyed a fairly bracing Santorini assyriko acidity and even volcanic minerallity. Bought at the winery. — 7 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. — 8 days ago

Joe DAscoli

9.3

Excellent wine paired with salmon and asparagus — 2 months ago

Erika Lilja

8.9

Dry light white pairs well with seafood — 5 months ago

Irina Georgieva

9.4

Mineral, fresh, great representation of Santorini assyrtiko. — 6 months ago

John Osgood

9.4

Killer white — 10 months ago

Gary Zander

9.2

GZ & Victor - white wine — 4 years ago

Holly Gamblin

9.4

Crisp fresh citrus, a little pear. Enjoying this delicious wine on the patio of Stella’s in the heart of Charleston SC. Life is good and the jasmine smells sweet! — 5 years ago

Sam Friedland

9.0

Very nice wine, citrus and acidity. Went very well with broiled shrimp and bamboo — 9 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. — a month ago

Space

9.0

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

Stephen Redenbaugh

9.3

Bright Meyer lemon, sea-spray salt, and unripened peach. Medium weight, noticeable acidity, and long scratchy finish. A serious dinner partner for simple Greek grilled swordfish and Cypriot sausage with scordalia. — 7 months ago

Ron R

9.1

Interesting. Similar to port. — 3 years ago

with Anne-marie

Raj Harb

9.3

This is a great bottle. Mineral drive, good cut, medium+ body. Just really good wine that most people sleep on — 4 years ago

Nancie Hemminger

9.4

It was a very hot day on the coast of Los Angeles and this chilled Greek gem from the island of Santorini hot the spot. Crisp, light and citrusy with a steely minerality and a slight bitterness on the finish which literally stopped me from gulping it too fast. Paired with a German style dinner of pork schnitzel and potato salad. The cider vinegar and mustard dressing of the potato salad pushed aside the slight bitterness and bounced playfully with the citrus acidity of the wine. Riesling would have paired well of course, but I just adore an Assyrtiko. It makes me feel like I am on vacation. — 6 years ago