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Thalassinos Microwinery 'The Cultist' 2022 750ml
Thalassinos Microwinery 'The Cultist' 2022 750ml
GREECE : CRETE : HERAKLION
BIODYNAMIC : Vidiano
FULL-BODIED, DRIED APRICOT, PEACH COMPOTE, CHAMOMILE, SEA SALT, NO OAK
Thalassinos Microwinery is a fourth-generation family estate in Foinikia, outside Heraklion — a 250-year-old farm run by Isidoros Thalassinos and Virginia, who make wines in extremely small quantities using indigenous yeasts, zero additives, and no filtration. The Cultist is their most committed expression: 100% Vidiano, the main white grape of Crete, with roughly 100 days of skin contact in amphora and spontaneous fermentation, then 25 months of aging before bottling — no sulfur added.
The result is an amber-tea orange wine with real tannin and a mineral backbone that keeps things honest. At 11.5% ABV there's nothing to hide behind — just the grape, the clay, and the island.
PAIRINGS :
| Grilled octopus with lemon | the sea-salt thread and mild tannin cut right through the char |
| Aged sheep's milk cheese | beeswax and dried apricot notes bridge cleanly to firm dairy fat |
| Slow-braised lamb shoulder | the wine's chamomile and herbal lift echoes the Cretan spice rack |
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