2025 Jim Barry Assyrtiko

A crisp, zingy dry white with zesty lime, green apple and pear fruits.

Jim Barry’s love affair with the Assyrtiko began in 2006 whilst on holiday on the Greek Island of Santorini, the birthplace of the variety. Its crisp acidity reminded him of Clare Valley Riesling yet it had a unique flavour profile that he had not experienced before. Intrigued, he began the process of importing cuttings and by 2012 had planted Australia’s first Assyrtiko vineyard.
Brilliant water like core with a greenish tinged outskirts. Jumping out of the glass at the nose are intense pear, red apple and lime scents followed by some fresh herb and subtle stony mineral notes. Zesty lime, green apple and pear fruits race across the mouth watering palate with infusions of fresh herbs, wet stone and minerals the undercard. Crisp acidity with a minerally zing to the long scrumptious finish.
Drink over the next 2-3 years.
Alc. 12%

Other Reviews.....
A shag on a rock for a variety and producer in Australia, but jeez, the incremental excellence year-on-year suggests no resting on laurels. It's a brilliant, textural white wine here, flamboyant with jasmine florals, lime, sea spray, faint cashew nut savouriness, pink grapefruit, a thread of aniseed and dashes of salt bush. Gently chalky texture, good extension of flavour, refreshing, too. Very good. Drink by 2029.
94 points
Mike Bennie - James Halliday's Australian Wine Companion