Canava Roussos Athiri 2002

Canava Roussos Athiri 2002

Colour: White
Style: Sweet
Grape Variety: Mandilaria and Assyrtiko
Wine region: Santorini
Vintage: 2002
Alcohol percentage: 13.5 %vol
Closure: Cork
Unit Quantity: 750ml
Aging potential: Yes

Wine maker’s notes

Vinification: Grape picking of over-matured grapes, followed by sun-drying them for 6 days prior to the alcoholic fermentation.

Tasting: Quite dark brick color with an orange rim.Aromas of blonde sultana and black Corinthian raisins, toffee, coffee, and some black pepper. Its taste reminds the overmatured grapes vividly, as well as bergamote and bitter orange. Sweetness is felt very pleasantly because it is balanced and not cloying, it is a medium weight wine, very vivid, with a very good aftertaste.

Food Matching: Dried nuts, small salted canapés, various hors d’oeuvres and appetizers, Spanish tapas. At dessert, it matches very well with some fruit tarts without cream, with plain raisins, with gingerbread, and with blue cheeses.

Important notes

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About Canava Roussos 

Canava Roussos, the oldest on Santorini, was founded in 1836 to produce high-quality wines uniquely expressing the characters of the numerous varieties of Thiran grapes.

Decades of experience have passed from generation to generation so that, with consistency, continuity and absolute respect, the expression is given to the island’s art of wine-making.

Today, Canava Roussos, faithfully adhering to the island’s traditions, values modern technology and aims at creating wines with individual tastes and bouquets, selecting fruit of the highest quality from the island’s select varieties: Assyrtiko, Athiri, Aidani, Mandilaria, Mavrathiro. 

At harvest-time, traditional wine-making methods are followed using authentic Santorini installations, allowing many visitors to see the “treading” and then “boiling” of the must in subterranean cisterns and huge barrels, and in some cases may actually experience the process.