Argyros Estate "12 Years Barrel Aged" Vin Santo Santorini (500ml)
Other White Wines from Greece
| Vintage: | 2004 |
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| Description: | 98 points Decanter. Complex cold tea, raisin, dried apricot and malt syrup nose. There's an explosion of flavour on the palate: baked lemons with thyme, clementine jelly, dried apricots and honey, supported by excellent acidity and a mineral backbone. Exquisite! *Platinum Medal* (2020 Dwwa) 96 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate. The 2004 Vinsanto 12 Years Barrel Aged is the traditional blend (80% Assyrtiko, 10% each of Athiri and Aidani), aged in used French oak for 144 months. It comes in at 260 grams of residual sugar, 7.44 of total acidity and 13.5% alcohol. The grapes, from very old vineyards (200 years "minimum," the winery says) in Episkopi, were sun-dried for 12 days. The rapidly increasing price references a 500-milliliter bottle, but it is fair to note the very low yields from old vines and the 12 years of aging. Another brilliant 12 Year Vinsanto, this is structured, powerful, burnished and complex. The long and remarkably gripping finish, laced with dried peaches and apricots, a little caramel and maybe a hint of molasses, is delicious. The fruit is beautifully defined by the structure. It lingers endlessly, grabbing the palate, slamming into it and refusing to let go. It might be this wine's best feature, and it might be the most powerful finish of the group this issue. It was actually hard to taste anything else immediately after because this was so intense in flavor-but never in a sloppy way. The fruit is always lifted and surprisingly fresh. This is probably not as rich or as deep as the 2003-or as attention-getting at first-but it has more elegance and freshness, plus the purity that allows it to compete well. Tasting them both over a few days, I changed my mind on occasion as to which I preferred. This was the initial winner, far more precocious, but the 2003 developed well,.(MS) (8/2020). |
| Price: | $ 129.99 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Previously available from K&L Wine Merchants
| Address: |
3005 El Camino Real Redwood City, CA 94061 United States |
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| Telephone (toll-free): | 877-559-4637 |
| Telephone (regular): | 650-364-8544 |
| Fax: | 650-364-4687 |
First added to 1000 Corks on December 7, 2020.
This product was inactivated March 19, 2021.
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