Lyrarakis Psarades Dafni 2025 Portugal and bottle each separately instead

and bottle each separately instead of blending toward a house style

100% Treixadura

That neglect turned out to be a gift: because nobody modernized them

judging the classification too generous

savory finish that leans toward crushed stone and subtle spice

Lyrarakis Psarades Dafni 2025 Portugal and bottle each separately insteadThe 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