Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
This is the estate's flagship wine with 100,000 bottles produced (representing 70% of the winery total). The Domaine Sigalas 2023 Santorini Assyrtiko delivers marine influences with salty overtones around a core of honeydew melon and white peach. The wine's volume is driven mostly by its fruit flavors, but there is a subtle hint of sweetness to close. It sees stainless steel only. What makes this wine stand apart, however, is the impressive intensity of the mouthfeel and its lingering concentration.
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Wine Spectator
A fresh, finely meshed white with a sense of poise, this integrates delicate notes of yellow apple, pear, thyme, verbena, Marcona almond and spun honey with a lithe spine of acidity. A minerally underpinning of saline and stone emerges to linger on the finish. Drink now through 2028. 3,000 cases made, 1,800 cases imported.
A crisp white variety full of zippy acidity, Assyrtiko comes from the volcanic Greek island of Santorini but is grown increasingly wide throughout the country today. Assyrtiko’s popularity isn’t hard to explain: it retains its acid and mineral profile in a hot climate, stands alone or blends well with other grapes and can also withstand some age. Somm Secret—On the fairly barren, windswept Mediterranean island of Santorini, Assyrtiko vines must be cultivated in low baskets, pinned to the ground. The shape serves to preserve moisture and protect the growing grapes in its interior.
