Sous Le Végétal Auguste 2018
- Region
- Greece » Οίνος
- Type
- red still, dry
- Producer
- Vintage
- 2018
- Grapes
- Avgoustiatis
- Alcohol
- 11.5
- Sugar
- 2
- Volume
- 750 mL
- Cellar
- not available
Ratings
Sous Le Végétal continues to amaze me. Auguste is my first Avgoustiatis. One of the favourites of the evening. It's not simple; it has some strain, but it's also beautiful at the same time. It has a slightly shy bouquet: VA with blood and cranberry. Elegant, crispy and juicy like mors, good quality fruit. Medium body, medium+ and dry tannin. Sophisticated taste with some nice evolution.
About Producer
One might say that the earth exploded, leaving myriads of tiny islands between Greece and Turkey. Samos, a largely mountainous island, is almost touching Anatolia, only separated from it by 1 mile (sic!) Mycale Strait. In 2017 Jason Ligas and Patrick Bouju created a collaborative wine project Sous Le Végétal (under vegetation), on this beautiful green island. Through the variety of Muscat de Samos grapes, they try to express the spirit of the local terroir.
What you usually notice while looking at Sous Le Végétal bottles is the off-the-Earth labels created by Anthony Duchene, a French artist inspired by the volcanic granite soils.