Lyrarakis Plyto Psarades White 2019
£16.00
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Lyrarakis Plyto Psarades White 2019
£16.00
Description
The Plytó grape variety was saved from extinction by the Lyrarakis family, when it was planted in the "Psarades" family vineyard at 480m altitude in central Crete in the early '90s. An elegant wine, with clean fruity aromas of high intensity, a full and versatile mouthfeel, and a noble tannic style that balances its taste.
At a glance
Grape
Plytó
Region
Aegean Islands
Vintage
2019
ABV
13.1%
Vegan
Grape
Plytó
Plytó is an ancient white grape from central Crete that had nearly disappeared until the Lyrarakis family rediscovered surviving vines and replanted it in their Psarades vineyard, at 480m, in the early 1990s. It produces elegant, aromatic wines with a distinctive, balancing tannic structure unusual for a white variety.
Producer
Lyrarakis is a family winery founded in 1966 by brothers Manolis and Sotiris Lyrarakis in Alagni, a mountain village at around 440–480m in the Heraklion prefecture of Crete — a region whose 14th-century stone wine presses testify to centuries of local winemaking. The estate is best known for rescuing ancient Cretan grape varieties from the brink of extinction: Plyto and Dafni were first replanted in the family's Psarades vineyard in 1992, followed by Melissaki in 2010. Now run by the second generation, Lyrarakis converted to organic viticulture in 2020 and continues to focus on single-variety wines from Crete's own grapes — Vidiano, Vilana, Kotsifali, Mandilari and Liatiko among them — alongside its pioneering Plyto and Dafni.