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. — 14 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

Erika Lilja

8.9

Dry light white pairs well with seafood — 5 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. — 8 months ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.4

David hamburger — 9 months ago

Ericsson

9.2

Great wine. As I’ve mentioned before, one of the better Mexican wines I’ve tasted. Cheers. — 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. — 20 days ago

Steven Heydemann

9.2

98 was not a great vintage and why Giacosa bottled the SS as a red label has long been a bit of a mystery. There’s a lot in this wine to like, and no reason to leave it sitting in the cellar. Fully mature, ample bricking, softer but still lively fruit, rich mouthfeel with classic sous bois, a bit of iron, red berry and herbal overlay, and soft maybe a bit overripe tannin. Lovely, but not near Giacosa’s most memorable SSRs. — a month ago

Joe DAscoli

9.3

Excellent wine paired with salmon and asparagus — 2 months ago

Irina Georgieva

9.4

Mineral, fresh, great representation of Santorini assyrtiko. — 7 months ago

Diana Cohen

9.2

Nice desert wine , hazelnut honey a touch of citrus. Very nice desert wine . Not to sweet . 14.5 percent alcohol. We had at felsina winery . — 9 months ago

Michael Walker

10

Stellar barbaresco, I think the best I’ve ever tried - sort of a funky/barnyard nose but the tannins are much softened - probably the age — a year ago

Wayne Jaffe

9.3

Loving this wine overlooking the Acropolis accompanying our red snapper main course — 5 years ago

Jakub Kalinowski

8.9

Nicely aromatic, with grapefruit, a bit of lemon peel, some apricot and some grassy notes. Restrained and enticing.
On the palate this shows more with ripe white peach, grapefruit and some exotic notes. Nicely balanced & juicy with great flow, esp slightly over chilled.
Year in, year out a super safe bet when island hopping in the Cyclades and being at the mercy of local minimarkets. — 7 days ago

Ron Kyle

9.0

Another great vintage. Crisp fruity. — a month ago

with Amy

Amanda Speier

9.3

Light-bodied with berries and licorice on the finish. Quite enjoyable. Buy again. — 4 months ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.5

Cheapest bottle on the table, but stole the show! — 7 months ago

John Osgood

9.2

Tasty with great balance — 9 months ago

with Matt

Jakub Kalinowski

9.2

Super concentrated & quite aromatic. Salty beach pebbles, ripe apricots, but also a bit of salted caramel, tarte tatin and a lot of rocky, salty minerality. Intriguing.
Quite unctuous & rich on the palata, but also very fresh - zingy acidity, salty minerality countering the richness. This is definitely a food wine… but such an interesting one. Not everyone’s cup of tea but I love it! — 2 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