Underdog Grape · Greece

Savatiano

Savatiano spent decades as the grape behind cheap retsina. Old-vine, unresinated bottlings from Attica now make one of the better-value textural whites you can buy.

Tasting profile
Yellow orchard fruit and cut fennel over a broad, low-acid frame that leans texture instead of zing.
Where it grows
Attica, Greece
Where to buy
For specific bottles and where to buy them, read the deep dive.

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The region

Attica, Greece

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Read the deep diveSavatiano: Greece's Most-Planted White Steps Out of the Retsina Shadow

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