Mylonas "Savatiano" 2019

100% Savatiano
A still white wine from the Attica region of Greece.


Round & full. Tinned pineapple & candied lemon peel.

Tasting Notes

The Savatiano 2019 from Mylonas estate has a pale yellow colour.

On the nose it opens with candied lemon peel, tinned pineapple, mint and yogurt. It’s quite round and has a deeper, fuller profile.

On the mouth it’s round and pleasant.

The finish is long.

90
Score 90

My score / points

Mylonas "Savatiano" 2019
Savatiano (2019) Review
Estate making Savatiano Estate Mylonas
Savatiano (2019) Label Savatiano
Style of Savatiano Style White & Still
Country of Mylonas Country Greece
Region of Mylonas Region Attica
Grape blend of Savatiano Grapes Savatiano
Vintage of Savatiano Vintage 2019
My review of Savatiano Points
90

How it's made

The must comes from vines that are on average are 55 year-old, growing on a sandy and clay soil over lime stone.

   

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Mylonas

Mylonas is a small winery, producing just under 100k bottle per year. They are based in Attica, Greece.

Stamatis Mylonas and his brothers took the winery over from their dad. Stamatis had studied oenology and chemistry and started experimenting and pushing boundaries. Yet, the new vision for the family winery still at its very centre Savatiano, one of the region indigenous grape variety.

In fact, at Mylonas more than half of the wine production revolves around it.

And indeed they bottle several labels using Savatiano: current vintage wine, late release bottles, they age it in oak to produced yet another label, they add nothing to it and make a natural wine, they let the grapes sundry to produce a sweet version of it, and let’s not forget… they add pine resin to the must and bottled their retsina!

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Wines Related To Mylonas

Savatiano

Savatiano is a white Greek wine grape traditionally used as the base grape for retsina wine.

This grape shows a high drought tolerance. Maybe for that it is one of the most widely grown varieties in Greece, especially in the Attica region (Attika).

Because of the association with retsina wine, Savatiano wasn’t often used to produce wine “on-its-own” so to speak. It was either made into retsina or used to cut a blend and produce loose, unlabelled, table wine.

In recent years things have start to change with a few wineries betting hard on Savatiano. For more information about this, read my article about Mylonas winery!

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