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A unique
palate

The underwater volcanoes, the mild climate and the lime consisting soil of the Greek island of Chios, along with a tradition, rooted deeply in the ancient years, of cultivation and harvesting, make Mastiha a unique ingredient with clear, yellowish colour and intense, votanical aroma.

The underwater volcanoes, the mild climate and the lime consisting soil of the Greek island of Chios, along with a tradition, rooted deeply in the ancient years, of cultivation and harvesting, make Mastiha a unique ingredient with clear, yellowish colour and intense, votanical aroma.

A unique
palate

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Old meets new

The production of Skinos Mastiha Spirit is the outcome of a tedious and thorough work associated with nature. Traditional techniques of cultivation, harvesting and cleaning are combined with a state of the art technology.

The “Crying Tree”

Mastiha trees are only cultivated in one place in the world: the small island of Chios. Harvesting takes place only one time per year during the months of June and July. The process consists of a number of “prickings” and takes several weeks to extract Mastiha. The tree is like “crying out” the Mastiha resins that take 10 to 20 days to get solid and collected.

The Cleaning

Mastiha is carefully transferred in wooden coffins covered with boat textiles to a cool warehouse where the women of the village are picking out only the most qualitative resins and cleaning them by hand.

The Distillation

Mastiha is mixed with fine quality alcohol and is put in bronze tanks – called alembic. The mix is heated by fire. This process ends up with a delicate extract of unique aroma.

The Blending

Fine quality sugar, alcohol and mineral water are added to compliment the mixture and create a distinctive but balanced white spirit.

The Bottling

Skinos Mastiha Spirit is bottled in high quality Italian glass with cork closure in one of the most historical bottling facilities in Europe.

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The true
Greek Summer Spirit in you

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Savouring
experts

From the very start of the production process, Skinos Mastiha is filled with moments of people sharing their truths. The values of authenticity and freedom are upheld throughout their hard work in order to preserve the high quality and premiumness of our core ingredient, Mastiha. It’s a process that combines state of the art technology and a deep respect for Nature, in order to craft a spirit imbued by the Greek Summer spirit that offers moments of pleasure and conviviality.

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