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Wines like Athiri

A soft Aegean variety used to round out Assyrtiko blends on Santorini. Below: what to try next, grouped by the direction you want to travel.

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What do you like about Athiri?

Optional — the results below already work without it. But “I like Malbec” is at least four different preferences wearing one name, and saying which one you mean changes the answer substantially. Only qualities this wine actually has are offered.

I like…

That it is not oaky That it is properly dry

But it’s a bit…

too light or thin too alcoholic or warming too buttery or thick too plain or too simple too floral or soapy too austere

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What these words mean

How light it is: A wine you can drink without it feeling like a commitment. Usually lower in alcohol as well as lighter in the mouth.
That it is not too strong: Alcohol you notice as warmth at the back of the throat. Some people find it a pleasant part of a big red and some find it tiring.
The creamy, rounded texture: A soft, almost dairy-like roundness. In white wine it usually comes from malolactic fermentation or from time on the lees, not from the grape.
That it is not oaky: No barrel character — just the fruit and the acidity. Chablis and Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc are the reference points.
The floral character: Rose, violet, elderflower, orange blossom.
That it is properly dry: No perceptible sugar at all. Almost all red wine is dry and a good deal of white wine is not, which is why this is a more useful thing to say about a white than about a red.

Looking for something moving away from too austere, too buttery or thick, too light or thin, too alcoholic or warming and too floral or soapy.

Based on what you said

Ranked against the qualities you named rather than against the wine as a whole. The directions below are refined the same way.

Malvasia

They occupy similar territory for weight and structure.

Substantially less austere.
More buttery or thick, not less.
Substantially less light or thin.
Substantially less alcoholic or warming.
Substantially less floral or soapy.

Bual

Bual scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Substantially less austere.
About as buttery or thick as the wine you started from.
Substantially less light or thin.
Substantially less alcoholic or warming.
Substantially less floral or soapy.

Petit Manseng

Petit Manseng scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Substantially less austere.
About as buttery or thick as the wine you started from.
Substantially less light or thin.
Substantially less alcoholic or warming.
Substantially less floral or soapy.

Petite Arvine

Petite Arvine scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Substantially less austere.
A little less buttery or thick.
A little less light or thin.
Substantially less alcoholic or warming.
Substantially less floral or soapy.

Sercial

Sercial scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Substantially less austere.
A little less buttery or thick.
A little less light or thin.
Substantially less alcoholic or warming.
Substantially less floral or soapy.

Pfalz Riesling

Pfalz Riesling scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Substantially less austere.
More buttery or thick, not less.
Substantially less light or thin.
Substantially less alcoholic or warming.
Substantially less floral or soapy.

Albana

Albana scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Substantially less austere.
About as buttery or thick as the wine you started from.
About as light or thin as the wine you started from.
About as alcoholic or warming as the wine you started from.
Substantially less floral or soapy.

Verdelho

Verdelho scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Substantially less austere.
A little less buttery or thick.
A little less light or thin.
Substantially less alcoholic or warming.
Substantially less floral or soapy.

Closest overall

Nearest neighbours, no change of direction.

Closest matches

The nearest overall neighbours across structure and flavour, with no deliberate change of direction.

Malvasia

They occupy similar territory for weight and structure.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and lighter.

Bual

Bual scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and lighter.

Petit Manseng

Petit Manseng scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and lighter.

Petite Arvine

Petite Arvine scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be lighter, and rounder and creamier in texture.

Different grape, similar feel

Deliberately excludes the variety you already know, to find a genuinely new wine that fills the same role.

Malvasia

They occupy similar territory for weight and structure.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and lighter.

Bual

Bual scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and lighter.

Petit Manseng

Petit Manseng scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and lighter.

Petite Arvine

Petite Arvine scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be lighter, and rounder and creamier in texture.

Change the structure

Same idea, different weight, grip or freshness.

Similar but lighter

Keeps the character but reduces weight, alcohol and density in the mouth.

Trebbiano Toscano

Trebbiano Toscano scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be lighter, and lighter in alcohol.

Riesling

Riesling scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be lighter, and lighter in alcohol.

Finger Lakes Riesling

Finger Lakes Riesling scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be lighter, and lighter in alcohol.

Trebbiano Romagnolo

Trebbiano Romagnolo scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be lighter, and lighter in alcohol.

Similar but lower in alcohol

Holds the character and the weight where it can, and moves specifically on strength. Note that below about 11% the choices narrow sharply, and below 5% they are mostly a different category rather than a lighter version of the same one.

Vidal

Vidal scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be lighter in alcohol, and rounder and creamier in texture.

Trebbiano Toscano

Trebbiano Toscano scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be lighter in alcohol, and lighter.

Riesling

Riesling scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be lighter in alcohol, and lighter.

Trebbiano Romagnolo

Trebbiano Romagnolo scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be lighter in alcohol, and lighter.

Similar but fuller

Keeps the character but adds weight, concentration and mouthfeel.

Malvasia

They occupy similar territory for weight and structure.

Expect: Expect it to be lighter, and rounder and creamier in texture.

Bual

Bual scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be lighter, and rounder and creamier in texture.

Pedro Ximénez

Pedro Ximénez scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and sweeter.

Petit Manseng

Petit Manseng scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be lighter, and rounder and creamier in texture.

Similar but less tannic

For readers who find firm reds drying. Reduces tannic grip while holding flavour and weight roughly steady.

Nothing in WineHQ's catalogue makes this move meaningfully from here. These are the closest wines otherwise, but do not expect them to deliver what you asked for — the honest answer is that this style does not have a good neighbour in that direction.

Bual

Bual scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and lighter.

Petit Manseng

Petit Manseng scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and lighter.

Pfalz Riesling

Pfalz Riesling scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and lighter.

Pedro Ximénez

Pedro Ximénez scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and sweeter.

Similar but more structured

More tannic architecture, for food or for ageing.

Malvasia

They occupy similar territory for weight and structure.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and lighter.

Albana

Albana scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be lighter, and lighter in alcohol.

Kisi

Kisi scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be drier, and rounder and creamier in texture.

Friuli white

Friuli white scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be drier, and rounder and creamier in texture.

Similar but fresher

Raises acidity and overall lift, usually by moving to a cooler-climate expression.

Petit Manseng

Petit Manseng scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and fresher and more acidic.

Petite Arvine

Petite Arvine scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be lighter, and fresher and more acidic.

Pfalz Riesling

They occupy similar territory for weight and structure.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and lighter.

Albana

They occupy similar territory for weight and structure.

Expect: Expect it to be lighter, and lighter in alcohol.

Similar but softer

Lowers acidity and sharpness in favour of a broader, gentler feel.

Pedro Ximénez

Pedro Ximénez scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and softer and rounder.

Muscat of Alexandria

Muscat of Alexandria scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be softer and rounder, and rounder and creamier in texture.

Grenache Blanc

Grenache Blanc scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be softer and rounder, and drier.

Gewürztraminer

Gewürztraminer scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be softer and rounder, and rounder and creamier in texture.

The sparkling version

Moves to a sparkling expression while holding the flavour and weight as close as possible.

Cava

Cava scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be lighter, and lighter in alcohol.

Crémant

Crémant scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be lighter, and lighter in alcohol.

English sparkling wine

English sparkling wine scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be lighter, and lighter in alcohol.

Austrian Sekt

Austrian Sekt scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be lighter, and lighter in alcohol.

Similar but sweeter

Adds perceptible sweetness, which also softens acidity and chilli heat.

Madeira

They occupy similar territory for weight and structure.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and lighter.

Marsala

They occupy similar territory for weight and structure.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and lighter.

White Port

They occupy similar territory for weight and structure.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and lighter.

Malvasia

They occupy similar territory for weight and structure.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and lighter.

Change the flavour

Same shape, different aromatic character.

Similar but more oaky

Adds barrel character, toast and a creamier texture.

Furmint

Furmint scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and lighter in alcohol.

California Chardonnay

California Chardonnay scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and drier.

Pfalz Riesling

Pfalz Riesling scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and lighter.

White Burgundy

White Burgundy scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be drier, and rounder and creamier in texture.

Similar but more aromatic

More to smell before you taste — floral, fruity or spiced aromatics.

Muscat of Alexandria

Muscat of Alexandria scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and more floral.

Scheurebe

Scheurebe scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be lighter, and lighter in alcohol.

Gewürztraminer

Gewürztraminer scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be more floral, and rounder and creamier in texture.

Alsace Pinot Gris

Alsace Pinot Gris scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and lighter.

Similar but more restrained

For readers who find intensely aromatic wines tiring over a whole glass. Keeps the structure, turns the volume down.

Sémillon

Sémillon scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be lighter, and rounder and creamier in texture.

Silvaner

Silvaner scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be lighter, and lighter in alcohol.

Palomino Fino

Palomino Fino scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be lighter, and drier.

Seyval Blanc

Seyval Blanc scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be lighter, and lighter in alcohol.

Similar but more floral

Pushes specifically towards rose, violet, blossom and elderflower character.

Muscat of Alexandria

Muscat of Alexandria scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be more floral, and rounder and creamier in texture.

Gewürztraminer

Gewürztraminer scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be more floral, and rounder and creamier in texture.

Alsace Riesling

Alsace Riesling scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be more floral, and lighter.

Scheurebe

Scheurebe scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be more floral, and lighter.

Similar but less floral

Some drinkers read floral aromatics as soapy or perfumed. This holds the structure and removes them.

Bual

Bual scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and less floral.

Malvasia

They occupy similar territory for weight and structure.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and less floral.

Petit Manseng

Petit Manseng scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and less floral.

Petite Arvine

Petite Arvine scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be lighter, and less floral.

Similar but more savoury

Moves away from primary fruit towards earth, herb, meat and umami character.

Sercial

Sercial scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be lighter, and drier.

Savennières

Savennières scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be drier, and rounder and creamier in texture.

Vin Jaune

Vin Jaune scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be drier, and rounder and creamier in texture.

Santorini Assyrtiko

Both are made from athiri, and both come from the same country.

Expect: Expect it to be drier, and rounder and creamier in texture.

Similar but fruitier

More obvious, generous fruit flavour, usually from a warmer climate.

Petit Manseng

Petit Manseng scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and lighter.

Malvasia

They occupy similar territory for weight and structure.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and lighter.

Petite Arvine

Petite Arvine scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be lighter, and rounder and creamier in texture.

Gros Manseng

Gros Manseng scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be lighter, and drier.

Change the place

Keep the grape, move it somewhere else.

Same grape, cooler climate

Typically fresher, lighter and more herbal, with lower alcohol.

Santorini Assyrtiko

Both are made from athiri, and both come from the same country.

Expect: Expect it to be drier, and rounder and creamier in texture.

Same grape, warmer climate

Typically riper, fuller and more generous in fruit, with higher alcohol.

Santorini Assyrtiko

Both are made from athiri, and both come from the same country.

Expect: Expect it to be drier, and lighter.

Change the mood

Safer, stranger, cheaper or more serious.

A safe next step

Well-known wines that are widely available and unlikely to surprise anyone.

Santorini Assyrtiko

Both are made from athiri, and both come from the same country.

Expect: Expect it to be drier, and rounder and creamier in texture.

California Chardonnay

California Chardonnay scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and drier.

White Burgundy

White Burgundy scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be drier, and rounder and creamier in texture.

Australian Chardonnay

Australian Chardonnay scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be drier, and rounder and creamier in texture.

Something more adventurous

Less familiar wines that occupy similar territory — the interesting end of the shelf.

Malvasia

They occupy similar territory for weight and structure.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and lighter.

Bual

Bual scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and lighter.

Petit Manseng

Petit Manseng scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and lighter.

Petite Arvine

Petite Arvine scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be lighter, and rounder and creamier in texture.

A better-value alternative

Wines that occupy similar sensory territory from regions carrying less price premium. WineHQ does not hold live prices, so this reasons from regional reputation and demand rather than from a price feed — treat it as a lead, not a quote.

Malvasia

They occupy similar territory for weight and structure.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and lighter.

Bual

Bual scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and lighter.

Petit Manseng

Petit Manseng scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and lighter.

Petite Arvine

Petite Arvine scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be lighter, and rounder and creamier in texture.

A step up

The benchmark expressions of the same territory, usually with more concentration, structure and ageing potential.

Santorini Assyrtiko

Both are made from athiri, and both come from the same country.

Expect: Expect it to be drier, and rounder and creamier in texture.

California Chardonnay

California Chardonnay scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be rounder and creamier in texture, and drier.

White Burgundy

White Burgundy scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be drier, and rounder and creamier in texture.

Australian Chardonnay

Australian Chardonnay scores closest to Athiri across WineHQ’s taste dimensions.

Expect: Expect it to be drier, and rounder and creamier in texture.

How these are chosen

Each suggestion is scored across sixteen taste dimensions, weighted so that structure matters more than flavour, and adjusted for whether the wine actually moves in the direction you asked for. Curated links from an editor carry extra weight — but only when the editor tagged them for this direction. Nothing here is a black box; see the taste model for the full method.