Argyros Vinsanto Santorini PDO

Santorini PDO, Greece

The ancient sweet wine of Santorini, made from sun-dried Assyrtiko and Aidani grapes aged for many years in small oak casks. Vinsanto is among the world's great dessert wines: concentrated dried apricot, coffee, caramel, and volcanic mineral with extraordinary acidity that prevents cloying sweetness. Can age for decades.

Pairing intelligence

• dessert: The wine's caramel and dried-fruit concentration is the ideal partner for baklava's honey richness; orange blossom mirrors the wine's floral notes while walnut echoes its roasted depth.
• cheese: Vinsanto's coffee and apricot character finds a complex partner in aged Pecorino; dark chocolate adds bitterness that balances the wine's sweetness while dried fig creates a direct flavour bridge.
• cheese: The wine's sweetness and concentrated fruit contrast powerfully with blue cheese's intensity; honeycomb creates a bridge while walnuts add a bitter counterpoint that prolongs the finish.
• main: The wine's Mediterranean character and dried-fruit concentration resonate with this traditional preparation; cinnamon spice echoes the wine's own warm complexity.