“The 2014 Assyrtiko Wild Ferment is the Gai'a walk on the wild side. Half of it is raised in stainless steel, the other half in wood (about one-third each of this half of the juice being aged in new French and American oak and French Acacia for four months, with a small combined portion around 9% in used wood). It comes in at 13% alcohol. Despite the relatively modest amount of wood here, I haven't always found it to be the easiest bottle to taste young, as it is released quickly with the wood impact still relatively strong. I have found it tends to show much better by the end of the summer than the beginning, as it tends to pull in the wood. This shows every sign of following that pattern. In the meanwhile, the acidity here nicely cuts through the wood and gives this some bite. In fact, as it aired and warmed, the tension on the finish became rather impressive. It has some restraint this year seeming quite elegant. There is also a touch of flint on the end, which may moderate in time; it did seem to blow off after a couple of hours. Overall, this is a different vision of Assyrtiko, but if it’s your style, it will be pretty hard to resist. There were 43,000 bottles produced.”
— Wine Advocate, Jun 2015