This unusual review comes from a different address of sorts It has aged for four years and a few months at a depth of 20m Temperature oscillates between 12 and 18 This is a zerooxygenuptake environment Is the land or sea cellaring superior Tasting back to back the barnaclecovered example goes beyond than just a unique experience Its evolution is scintillating eyepopping stuff Moreover from the submerged 450 bottles only 300 have survived These are going to be auctioned Proceeds will go to a nonprofit marineconservation foundation Gaia is on to a good thing here If you cannot bid this time there are another four vintages in the pipeline Expect to hear more from this unique island vineyard whose haunting beauty is so eerily reflected in these mineralladen wines
Synthetic closure Paler than landaged Thalassitis No oxidation or reductive notes Fruit is more vibrant than the land example Moves on to a refined viscous palate Wet stone A nod towards Loire Savennires Chenin blanc Midpalate is polished as in all Gaias wines but with a character all of its own Phenolic bite has melted Insistent softmineral salinity Tension Linearity More gentle than the landcellared wine A newtome type of wine young yet evolved An utterly fascinating dive into previously uncharted territory
Wine: Gaia Thalassitis Submerged
Year: 2010
Link: http://www.gaia-wines.gr
Score: 18.5
Type: White
Variety: Assyrtiko
Area: Aegean Islands