2024 Garalis Lemnos Lefkus Dry Farmed White Wine

A fresh take on the emblematic Muscat of Alexandria from the volcanic soils of Lemnos. Organically grown and made with minimal intervention, Lefkus is naturally expressive and vibrant, reflecting the island’s bright energy and distinctive terroir in every sip.

100% Muscat of Alexandria

Certified Organic

Vinification: 4-hour skin contact, with no temperature control at all times, spontaneously fermented, and bottled without any additions.

aged for 3 months in steel tanks

About Garalis

The Garalis Family was first a viticulturist and then a winemaker. The families of origin of both Manolis Garalis and that of his wife, Maria Markakis cultivated the land and the vineyard of Lemnos for over a century. After the Asia Minor Catastrophe in 1922, the inhabitants of Reis-Dere, settled in Agios Dimitrios Limnos, among them the ancestors of the Garalis and Markakis families. Agios Dimitrios was a viticultural center as it contains 60% of the island’s vineyards. The village of Agios Dimitrios is a refugee destination and a place of settlement for the uprooted Greek community of Reis-Dere. Lemnos embraced the refugees and gave them land and opportunities. Among other farm work and livestock, the two families began cultivating their vineyards making their own wine for the family’s needs. From 1984 onwards, they started channeling their grapes to the Lemnos cooperative.

The Garalis Winery was a lifetime dream and creation of Manolis Garalis and Maria Markaki. The winery was created in 2000 as it was their dream to create the own wine.

Seven years later, in 2007, the first harvest took place in their new, privately owned winery in the rural area of “Kourouni” in Agios Dimitrios Limnos. Over the next ten years, the family dedicated themselves to acquiring expertise as well as – and more importantly – wine identity.

After entering the USA market, in 2017 Garalis Winery created its first mild intervention wine from Moschato of Alexandria, named ‘Terra Ambera’.

The wine traveled to Chicago and by luck of the draw, found itself in the glass of Eric Asimov, of the New York Times. Not long after, Terra Ambera was featured in the New York Times as #2 choice among 20 Greek wines, and the winery began receiving calls from merchants and journalists – mostly from abroad – wanting to taste and buy the winery’s wines. And though there was no wine, as Terra Ambera was still an experiment, the experiment quickly became a reality.

The production of Terra Ambera gradually reached 25,000 bottles and the total production reached 70,000 bottles, of which 40,000 correspond to mild vinification wines. The market loved and embraced the wines of Garalis Winery both abroad and in Greece. Today 60% of Garalis Winery’s wines are exported to the USA, 30% are consumed in Greece and 10% in countries such as Germany, Austria, Belgium, United Kingdom, Canada and Taiwan.