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Iliana Malihin, Old Vines Vidiano "Rethymno", 2023

White Wine from Greek Islands, Greece
$69.99
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Old-vine Vidiano from Rethymno is about as rooted as Cretan white wine gets, and this 2023 comes from a grower who has done a great deal to keep those vineyards alive. Iliana Malihin now works nearly half of Rethymno's remaining vineyard parcels. She farms organically and biodynamically and does as little as possible in the cellar. Some sites she farms herself, and she buys more fruit from her neighbours. Then in 2022 a wildfire tore through 300 acres of old, pre-phylloxera vines in her corner of Crete, so this is the vintage right after the fire, and any old-vine bottle from here now means a little more. It's a serious white with a real story behind it, made by someone who stuck with these vineyards when it would have been easier to walk away.

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More about Iliana Malihin

Iliana Malihin was just 26 when she set up her winery on the slopes of Mount Vouvala in Rethymno, Crete. She works native Vidiano, Thrapsathiri and Liatiko from steep, hand-worked terraces, farmed organically, including some of Europe's oldest ungrafted vines. In 2022 wildfires damaged more than 80 percent of those ancient plants; many survived thanks to deep roots, at lower yields. Wild, terroir-driven purity and authentic Cretan soul.

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Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Other Red Grape , Vidiano

  • Vintage

    2023

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Organic

  • Style

    Aromatic

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Medium Bodied

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Cretan dakos (barley rusk with grated tomato, mizithra and olive oil); whole grilled bream or sea bass with lemon and oregano; chochlioi boubouristi (Cretan snails fried with rosemary and vinegar); boiled horta with good olive oil; kalitsounia cheese pies.

Tasting Profile

Expect the classic Cretan Vidiano profile: ripe apricot and peach, citrus peel and a wild-herb, slightly salty edge. Old vines and a hands-off approach in the cellar typically give a light-to-medium body with a bit of texture, fresh acidity and a dry, mineral finish. Think of a fresher, more savoury Viognier.

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