100% Assyrtiko • sourced from some of the estate’s oldest vines (ungrafted, > 200 years old) in Episkopi • yields are around 15hL/ha • fermented (partially spontaneously) in temperature-controlled tank • raised in tank for 11 months on the fine lees with periodic batonnage • Practicing Organic
Info
Producer:
Vintage:
2022
Country:
Greece
Region:
Santorini
Appellation:
Santorini
Variety:
Assyrtiko
Color:
White
Sizes Available
| Full Bottle | GR-ARG-30-22 | 6/750ml |
Resources
Press & Reviews
Wine Advocate
Score
95+
Date
2024-12-19
"This wine will be released in March 2025, and I tasted the 2022 after the older 2019 and 2020 vintages in this mini vertical. By tasting this youngest wine last, you get a sense of how fresh and pungent Assyrtiko can be in its youngest years. The Estate Argyros 2022 Santorini Assyrtiko Cuvee Monsignori has a busy bouquet with caper leaf, citrus blossom, thyme and wild sage. Those soft herbal notes cede directly to crushed stone and ashy mineral. Sensations of minerality are sometimes enhanced in the warm vintages, says Director Dimitris Motsos. This is an exceptional Assyrtiko that is young now and will benefit from more bottle time."
Vinous
Score
94
Date
2026-12-30
"Aged for 11 months in stainless steel tanks, the 2022 Santorini Cuvée Monsignori is a gorgeous single-vineyard Assyrtiko from Estate Argyros, opening with highly precise lime, grapefruit and stony minerality alongside minty gradations as well as lightly smoky touches. Loaded with energy and tension, the concentrated 2022 winds down with clarity and ambition on the sapid finish."
REVIEWS FROM PAST VINTAGES
Decanter
Score
96
Date
2023-08-04
Wine Advocate
Score
95
Date
2024-12-19
"The beautiful Estate Argyros 2020 Santorini Assyrtiko Cuvee Monsignori draws its fruit from ancient vines that are hundreds of years old. I'm told some reach 400 years in age, if you can believe it. It is often impossible to know the exact age of a plant because new vines are sometimes grown vegetatively by rhizome, or when a horizontal underground vine puts out lateral shoots. Vine age therefore becomes something of a continuum because one old vine morphs into a new one on the same roots. Also, basket pruning, or"