Muses Estate 'A.MUSE' Rosé 2023

I didn't want to like this. The name's a bit silly, the bottle's a bit tacky, and I don't like international varieties (like Sauvignon Blanc) being used in regions that are shrouded in tradition and rich with quality indigenous varieties. So, why do I love it? Perhaps the balancing inclusion of everyones favourite indigenous Greek variety, Mouhtaro (no, me either...), maybe because I tasted it alongside a friend from Athens with a penchant for pink, or likely because the sun was shining and the tapas was flowing. Which, as it happens, is how I suggest you enjoy this wine. It's fresh, salty and elegant with notes of strawberry, rose petal and oregano. It's light, crisp and miraculously thirst quenching.

His passion for wine and the millennia-old winemaking traditions of his homeland, led Nikolaos Zaharias to create a small winery in 1946 in Askri, in Central Greece, fulfilling his life-long dream. In 1967, his son, Athanasios Zaharias, entered the family business and brought with him dynamic and forward-thinking ideas, and gradually they transformed the small artisanal winery into a modern winery. In 2005, the year when ‘Muses Estate’ was created, it was time for the third generation Nikos, Stelios and Panayiotis, to take their place in the family business. Their skills, scientific knowledge and youthful ideas, combined with the family tradition and experience further enriched Muses Estate. From their vines grown on the slopes of the Valley of the Muses, at the foot of Mount Helicon, they aim to produce wines that are in perfect harmony with the ecosystem, and are representative of the historic terroir, as well as the family itself. They succeed: their exquisite wines are vibrant with mountain freshness that truly evoke the senses.