Comments on: Iconic wines from Gaia

By: buonsangue

buonsangue — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 11:05:02 +0000

Nothing to add. Once again, great report, well done! Gaia has been one of my favourites for quite some time. I still vividly remember the first time I tasted Thalassitis: a totally “electric” experience and, as they say, I never looked back!

By: elloinos

elloinos — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:13:15 +0000

Kosta, Christina, the Ritinitis Nobilis is very interesting indeed, made not from Savatiano, but instead from Roditis. I love the clean citrus fruit aromas and the fresh acidity. Retsina is such an intrinsic part of the Greek culture – I appreciate that some high quality modern examples are being made.

By: Christina

Christina — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:00:12 +0000

Ritinitis Nobilis! I tried it at Oinotelia. I was pleasantly surprised to see (and taste) their very good effort to create a decent retsina wine, a wine that has been for years misjudged and underestimated, probably not wrongly as it is usually produced from mediocre wine… I’m glad to see that others found it interesting!

By: Kostas Katsoulieris

Kostas Katsoulieris — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:33:18 +0000

Markus, glad you enjoyed it! Gaia was the stand I spent the most time at during Oinotelia. Their range of wines is fascinating and Yiannis Paraskevopoulos is great at presenting them. He’s equally good at engaging with the wine professional as well as the average consumer. I wish we would have had the chance to taste Ritinitis Nobilis, I think my koumparo from New York would have been impressed (as it is he fell in love with Gaia S). Look forward to seeing you again “down South”!

By: elloinos

elloinos — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:28:51 +0000

Christina, I can see why you spent so much time talking to the people of the estate, it is hard not to listen to what they have to say.

By: Christina

Christina — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:14:22 +0000

They make excellent wines! Especially their Santorini ones. I tried the wild ferment at Oinotelia a couple of months ago and found it extremely interesting. I think I spent at least 20 minutes trying their wines and talking to the people of the estate…
PS: Lucky you!! I hope you will enjoy your newly acquired treasure!