Lyrarakis Psarades Dafni 2025 Region_Walla Walla Valley For those curious about serious

For those curious about serious white Bordeaux but not ready to jump to the top bottles

traditional fermentation in large old truncated wooden vats

or with duck and olives

but healthy fruit made fresh

Viognier in a cool climate is a rare thing done right

Lyrarakis Psarades Dafni 2025 Region_Walla Walla Valley For those curious about seriousThe Land Crete is the southernmost vineyard land in Europe, closer to North Africa than to Athens, and on paper that should make serious white wine impossible. Altitude is the answer. The Psarades vineyard sits at 480 meters in central Crete, in the hills of Alagni, the most mountainous village in the Peza appellation south of Heraklion, ringed by the Lassithi range. Soils are clay and loam. At that elevation the nights drop hard even in a Cretan