93 Decanter

"DWWA 2026 Silver Medal: Rich, ripe style with peaches and cream on the nose. A complex palate with notes of rocket, bay leaf and grapefruit."

92 Wine Advocate - Wine Advocate

"The Alpha Estate 2025 Malagouzia Turtles Single Vineyard is delicately floral and bright, with notes of stone fruit, honeydew melon and exotic white flowers that vaguely recall jasmine and plumeria. This unoaked wine is firm and fresh, with a mineral edge that adds zest, energy and a glossy texture. The Turtles vineyard benefits from sandy clay soils over limestone and cool mountain influences that help preserve aromatic lift and freshness. Aged on the fine lees for two months with regular stirring, the wine maintains varietal purity while gaining subtle texture. Produced in 300,000 bottles, this is a charming and accessible expression of Malagouzia, a Greek grape that enjoys enormous popularity at local tavernas, where baked feta and grilled vegetables emerge from the kitchen in the hands of frenzied waiters balancing trays overhead."

16 Jancis Robinson's Purple Pages

Full bottle 1,376 g. Sand and sandy clay over limestone at 620–710 m. Hand-harvested 10 September. Destemming, optical grape sorting and light crushing. Skin contact, controlled alcoholic fermentation in stainless-steel tanks with cooling jackets, kept on lees for two months with regular stirring. TA 5.82 g, pH 3.51. Vegan. Sweetly aromatic though it is a dry wine: yellow fruit, stone fruit and floral with just a hint of almonds. Seems particularly perfumed in this vintage though it is always an aromatic variety. Almost tropical on the palate, peaches and cream, the intense aroma rescued by decent – just enough – acidity and a very very slight bitterness on the finish. An extremely aromatic wine from Alpha in 2025. Might make it a harder food match but easy to drink on its own if you like floral and sweet-fruited dry wines. Rich and mouth-filling but not my favourite style of Malagousia. Best drunk young. Julia Harding MW