Santorini 2022: a Harvest of the Olden Days
By Yiannis Karakasis MW
With the vines in excellent condition and the slow ripening of the grapes due to the constant northerly winds, Santorini is on its way, relatively late compared to previous years, to the harvest of 2022. “I expect to harvest my Assyrtiko between August 12-13”, grower Nikolas Pelekanos tells me, whom you are familiar with from some of my past articles, but also my book The Wines of Santorini. “This particular harvest takes me years back as I haven’t seen the vines in such exceptional condition since the ’80’s” he continues and explains that this is due to a combination of factors, mainly the rain and snow that gave a breath of fresh air to the drought-stressed vines of previous years.
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