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Argyros Vinsanto 4 Year 2007 500ml

size
500ml
country
Greece
region
Cyclades
appellation
Santorini
WA
90
Additional vintages
2010 2009 2008 2007
WA
90
Rated 90 by Wine Advocate
The 2007 Vinsanto 4 Years Barrel Aged is Assyrtiko, with 10% each of Athiri and Aidani. It has residual sugar of 224 g/l and comes in at 13% alcohol. This is typically the least and the lightest of Argyros’ Vinsantos, but in its own right it is usually quite nice. Elegant and fresh, with a light and lively feel, this is a wine that doesn’t seem anywhere near as sweet as that hefty dose of sugar would suggest (that’s hefty in general terms, not necessarily for Vinsanto). As elegantly as it begins, with a bit of understatement, its finish lingers beautifully, laced with cling peaches and apricots. It is delicious. The next day it wakes up and on Day 3 it is better still, showing more tension and more complex flavors. It remains a very graceful Vinsanto, still (somewhat curiously) a bit too understated, but beautifully balanced and lively. The wine should hold well, but take the drinking window as an advisory. These can go on for a long time – although they may also change into something quite different as oxidation takes hold. Drink now-2026.
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Argyros Vinsanto 4 Year 2007 500ml

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Vintage: 2007

2007 was the year that saw California's wine industry pick up once again, after a troubling couple of years. Indeed, all across the state of California, fantastic harvests were reported as a result of fine weather conditions throughout the flowering and ripening periods, and Napa Valley and Santa Barbera wines were widely considered amongst the best in the world in 2007, with Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon grapes packing in all sorts of fine and desirable features in this year. South Africa, too, had a much-needed fantastic year for red wines, with Pinotage particularly displaying strong characteristics, alongside the country's other flagship red wine grape varietals. Over in Europe, France had another fine year, especially for white wines. Champagne wineries were very happy with their Chardonnay harvests, and the Loire Valley and Graves in Bordeaux are proclaiming 2007 to be a memorable year due to the quality of their white wine grapes. For French red wines, Provence had their best year for almost a decade, as did the Southern Rhone. However, 2007 was most favorable to Italy, who saw high yields of exceptional quality across almost all of their major wine producing regions. Tuscany is claiming to have produced its best Chianti and Brunello wines for several years in 2007, and Piedmont and Veneto had a wonderful year for red wines. For Italian white wines, 2007 was an extremely successful year for Alto Adige and Campania. Germany also had a very good 2007, with Riesling displaying extremely dry and crisp characteristics, as did Portugal, where Port wine from 2007 is said to be one to collect.
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Country: Greece

Few countries in the world can claim such an illustrious history of viticulture as that found in Greece, just as few countries can benefit from such an impressive range of terrain as that found across the mainland and islands of this ancient and fascinating land. When we consider that grapes are grown everywhere from the tiny islands in the Aegean sea, to larger land masses such as Rhodes and Crete, on the arid and rocky mainland and mountainous regions of Greek Macedonia, it is no wonder Greek wines show such huge diversity in style, flavor, aroma and character. One thing remains consistent, however, and that is the dedication to producing distinctly 'Greek' wines, full of characteristics which reflect the slow evolution of viticulture in a country which has been producing wine for several thousand years. Whilst certain wines, such as Retsina and those made from the Agiorghitiko grapes have long since been popular with fine wine drinkers world-wide, Greek wineries are continuing to produce superb wines using a wide range of native and imported grape varietals, meaning there are always plenty of new flavors and aromas to discover.