Santo Wines Mandilaria Kameni

Comes from Santo wines/Santorini, from the bottle: Mandilaria grapes are a bit sun dried before vinification, matured 24 months in oak. Tasting: very dry and condensed; fruity like ripe cherry raisin, cinnamon and little vanilla. Tannic and uncertain. Not impressed yet.

The name ("burnt") refers to the short sun drying of the Mandilaria grapes to tame their tannins and acidity and coax more fruit from this otherwise finicky variety. 15% of alcohol, aged for 2 years in second use barriques. Dark cherry color with quite high opacity. Very sweet and ripe nose with aromas of cherry marmalade, plums, prunes, notes of both sweet milk chocolate and bitter dark chocolate, some volcanic smoky minerality and a hint of cocoa. Very rich and …