Afianes Wines Pithari White ØKO

 "11% and dusty dry… and yet not quite so. Do you know the grape Begleri? Well, no - what about its synonym Thrapsathiri? No, not either. You are not the only one. I would recommend finding the video online that Afianes has posted with the production of the wine from Ikaria in the North Aegean Sea - it is pure Greek antiquity. Foot-trampled grapes in a large granite tub, free run juice directly into a bucket and transfer to small buried amphorae and then all the crumbs with down to the top. Organically grown and zero sulphite added. Leather, bitter almond, bitter mandarin peel, small particles floating around in the glass - that's life. The skin contact has given bitterness that balances the acid. Absolutely nothing oxidized! Incredible wine - I feel like Achilles.”

Wine writer and educator René Langdahl Jørgensen, Gastro, January 2021 (freely translated from Danish)