Lyrarakis Psarades Dafni 2025 Portugal That neglect turned out to

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

judging the classification too generous

Blanc de Lynch-Bages exemplifies the estate's pursuit of excellence in both red and white wine

100% Treixadura

The 2020 vintage was warm and generous in Provence

Lyrarakis Psarades Dafni 2025 Portugal That neglect turned out toThe 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