Aspros Lagos means “White Hare”. It is the placename of the vineyard. It is a unique white wine 100% made from the excellent Cretan Vidiano variety, planted at the outstanding vineyard “Aspros Lagos”. The configuration of its rich personality is also due to barrel usage. In the area of Dafnes, near Heraklion (Crete), at 350 meters above sea level.
Classic white vinification at 20°C, with fermentation in barrels.
The wine matures in new and second use barrels, made of 40% acacia and 60% French oak, for five months.
Very nice golden color, with hues of green and yellow. Its aroma is rich in white flowers and citrus fruits, with a delicate buttery bouquet of a slight beeswax scent, apricot, linden, and melon. Rich flavor that, with some more ageing in the bottle, gets oily characteristics and develops a dense apricot character. You can distinguish a seductive mineral background in the flavor of this wine. Superior, long-lasting aftertaste second to none, in apricot tones.
Ideally paired with fish, such as grouper, fred porgy, common dentex, lobster, grilled scorpaena, turbot, and all shellfish, as well as pork with dried fruit and pullet with white sauce and mushrooms. Brilliant is the combination of this wine with some Cretan traditional dishes, like boiled young goat and pilaf or “lamb with askolibroi” (lamb with golden thistle). It is best served at 10oC
