Samos Ouzo Giokarinis

Giokarinis ouzo comes from the Greek island of Samos in the eastern Aegean, from a distillery founded in 1910 by Eleni Giokarini, the first distillery on the island, and locals still call it the widow's ouzo in her honor. Ouzo is Greece's national aperitif and has been a protected Greek designation under EU law since 2006: a neutral spirit is redistilled in copper stills with anise, often alongside star anise, fennel, mastic, coriander or cardamom, the heads and tails are cut, and the aromatic heart is blended and brought to strength with water. Giokarinis is bottled at 40% ABV in the classic Samos style, soft, mellow and semi-sweet with the anise doing the talking, and it is sold here in the 700ml bottle. The anethole in anise dissolves in alcohol but not in water, so adding ice or a splash of water turns the glass milky white, which is how it is meant to be drunk: slowly, in a small glass, over an early evening of meze such as small fried fish, olives and feta. Samos is better known for its sweet muscat wine, which makes this ouzo a rarity abroad.

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