Samos Wine
Exquisite Aromas - Harmonious Taste
The wines of Samos have obtained hundreds of distinctions in international competitions and fairs. It is worth noting that the first award was received in 1937, while every year more are added on the long list of international honorary awards and distinctions.
The United Winemaking Agricultural Cooperative of Samos is one of the oldest cooperatives in Greece and it was founded in 1934.
The wine from Samos Muscat holds one of the oldest origin-controlled appellations in Europe (Protected Designation of Origin Samos).
Since its founding, the UWC Samos receives the grapes and produces exquisite wines in two modern wineries in Malagari (the capital of the island) and Karlovassi (the second biggest town) with a total capacity of 20.000 tons.
The Vineyards
The area of cultivated vineyards in Samos is about 1.400 hectares. More than 98% of these vineyards are White Samos Muscat, a small-berried variety which is considered the noblest clone of the large family of muscats. This is the grape that produces the excellent quality sweet wines with a Protecetd Designation of Origin “SAMOS”.
The vineyards are semi-mountainous and mountainous with moderate fertility soil. They are not irrigated; the vines are cup shaped and spread out all over Samos, but mainly on the slopes of Mount Ampelos, at an altitude of up to 900 meters. The average age of the vineyards is 30 years, but there are also vineyards which are even older, more than 100 years old.
The muscat grape is grown on “terraces” (ancestral dry-stone terraces) built to hold and drain the precious soil, creating successive narrow stripes of land. In some cases, they are so narrow that only one series of vines can be found. The yields are small and do not exceed 10.000 kgs per hectare.
The excellent soil (gravel, schistolithic and with very good drainage ) combined with the microclimate favourable to vine-growing, along with the beneficial effect of the sea breeze, allow the grapes to mature gradually, giving them a special aromatic character and high sugars content that characterise the variety.
Samos Wines are available in Australia at:
PSARAKOS MARKET 2/8 Clarendon St, Thornbury VIC 3071 Ph: 03 9484 1991
OAKLEIGH FRIENDLY GROCER & LIQUOR 37-39 Atherton Rd, Oakleigh VIC 3166. Ph: 0395695182 instagram.com
THE GREEK PROVIDORE https://thegreekprovidore.com.au/collections/drink-me
MILOWAY WINES Level 3, 285 Homer Street, Earlwood NSW 2206. https://milowaywines.com.au/wines/samos/
