Muscat Blanc Sec, 2024

Smells like a sweet Muscat, all blossom and Turkish delight, then drinks completely dry and a little salty.

Muscat usually means sweet. Not here. Brothers Aristides and Stathis Spanos and winemaker Panagiotis Papagiannopoulos grow it organically at about 915 metres above Ano Diakopto, in the mountains of Achaia, cooled by breezes off the Gulf of Corinth. Hand-picked and fermented dry with wild yeasts in tank, it keeps the grape's perfume (kumquat, honeysuckle, rose-petal Turkish delight) while the palate runs lean, citrusy and stony, ending long and salty.