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Half Bottle of Samos Solera Aged Muscat

White Wine from Greece

2 Reviews

From the island of Samos comes a stunning sweet muscat. 75% of the blend is from the 1995 vintage before being aged in solera and topped up with vintages up to and including 2014 to make up the other 25%. The result is an intensely concentrated and complex wine, laden with figs, walnuts and toffee but still with great elegance. Gorgeous.

£23.00 £19.00 Bottle

£138.00 £114.00 Case of 6

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Code: GR2482

Wine characteristics

White Wine
8 - Very sweet
Muscat
37.5cl
Drinking now
15% Alcohol
oak used but not v. noticeable
Cork, natural

Samos

The Greek island of Samos, birthplace of Pythagoras, lies in the Aegean sea on Greece’s eastern coast, and its wines were the first from Greece to be granted AOC status. The island has long been famous for its sweet muscats, with a winemaking tradition some believe dates back 3,000 years.

Founded in 1934, the island co-op is one of the oldest in Greece. Its members have done much to modernise production, and have vastly improved both the quality and the reputation of Samos wines. It now represents 26 vine-growing villages.

The vineyards are in the north of the island. There are around 1600ha in all, many of which are up to 800m above sea level high up in the Ambelos mountain, with deep soils that allow the vines to dig deep and produce excellent-quality fruit. The altitude allows the grapes to ripen slowly and steadily, allowing high sugar levels to develop, making them perfect for sweet wine production. Muscat is king here, namely muscat à petits grains, which takes up 97% of the vineyard area.

The co-op has two wineries in which it produces a range of sweet wines as well as various dry whites and rosés. Samos Anthemis is aged for five years in wooden casks.

JancisRobinson.com

Long-aged in oak and contains some wine from this Greek island as young as 2016 but also some as old as 1955 – so quite a bargain. Transparent orange. Very complex and revitalising. Far from sticky or...

Long-aged in oak and contains some wine from this Greek island as young as 2016 but also some as old as 1955 – so quite a bargain. Transparent orange. Very complex and revitalising. Far from sticky or sickly.

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Jancis Robinson MW

Saturday 10th Dec 2022

JancisRobinson.com

Transparent orange. Very rancio and interesting. Almost painful acidity on the end, but lovely actually. And such very good value. Lifted and revitalising and long. Great acidity. 17/20

Jancis Robinson MW

Friday 4th Nov 2022

decanter.com

Succulent and characterful, this Muscat, aged in a Solera that goes back to 1955, has a savoury, smokey complexity that is hard to resist. Apricot, Earl Grey, bergamot, marmalade and orange peel dominate, ...

Succulent and characterful, this Muscat, aged in a Solera that goes back to 1955, has a savoury, smokey complexity that is hard to resist. Apricot, Earl Grey, bergamot, marmalade and orange peel dominate, topped by rose petals and tobacco box. Beautifully balanced. 93/100

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Ines Salpico

Monday 24th Oct 2022