Winery AriousiosAfstiros (αυστηρός)
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with
The Afstiros (αυστηρός) of the Winery Ariousios is in the top 5 of wines of Aegean Sea.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Afstiros (αυστηρός) of Winery Ariousios in the region of Aegean Sea often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices.
Details and technical informations about Winery Ariousios's Afstiros (αυστηρός).
Discover the grape variety: Aligoté
Aligoté is an ancient Burgundian grape variety (it has different names depending on the region in which it is grown: griset blanc in Beaune, giboudot blanc in the Chalonnais or troyen blanc in the Aube), mainly used in the production of Bourgogne-Aligoté, Bouzeron and Crémant-de-Bourgogne.aligoté is a medium-fine white grape variety, quite productive, which gives clear, acidic, fresh and light white wines. An anecdote often says that it was a member of the clergy named Kir who gave it its letters of nobility by adding it to blackcurrant cream to prepare an aperitif.produced on more than 1,600 hectares in Burgundy, aligoté has also been exported. It is also cultivated in Eastern Europe (Ukraine, Romania), California, Canada and Chile, representing more than 20,000 hectares in the world.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Afstiros (αυστηρός) from Winery Ariousios are 2015, 0, 2013, 2011
Informations about the Winery Ariousios
The Winery Ariousios is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 13 wines for sale in the of Aegean Sea to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Aegean Sea
The Aegean Islands – the most famous of which are Crete, Dodecanese/rhodes">Rhodes, Samos and Cyclades/santorini">Santorini – lie in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey. The islands have a Long and influential winemaking history spanning thousands of years, but in the modern day are most famous for Santorini's Dry, minerally, white wines made from Assyrtico-based white wines made from Assyrtico. The Aegean Sea covers roughly 83,000 square miles (215,000 sq km) between the Southern coast of Greek Macedonia and Crete in the south. Several groups of islands make up the Aegean archipelago, including the Sporades in the North, the Dodecanese just off the coast of Turkey and the Cyclades near the Attica coast.
The word of the wine: Aging on lees
Maturing on the lees enhances the stability, aromatic complexity and texture of white wines, which gain in body and volume. This phenomenon is induced by autolysis, the process of self-degradation of the lees.
