Hatzidakis, Mavrotragano, 2016 CHAMPCOUNT2026 dried fruit

dried fruit

brewed by Mioya Shuzo in Ishikawa Prefecture on the Noto peninsula

Column distilled from Baltic rye

which is then distilled through pot stills in Kagoshima

Hatzidakis, Mavrotragano, 2016 CHAMPCOUNT2026 dried fruitMavrotragano is one of Greece's most endangered indigenous grapes, and Haridimos Hatzidakis was one of its fiercest champions. On Santorini an island better known for Assyrtiko whites Mavrotragano grows in basket trained vines battered by Aegean winds, producing tiny quantities of red wine with a personality unlike anything else on the island. Hatzidakis worked these volcanic ash soils with the same attention he gave his celebrated Assyrtikos: low