Distinguished by a balanced sweetness, complexity and depth of flavour. The Chios mastic distillate (mastic oil) is produced through steam distillation of mastic resin. It is a natural product and contains an exquisite variety of aromatic and therapeutic substances. Mastic is a natural resin extracted from the trunk and branches of mastic trees (Pistacia lentiscus) that thrive only in southern Chios.

It is based on a recipe from 1930. (Potopoiia kai Oinopnevmatopoiia [Spirits and Distillation], K. Stefanou, Hellenic Agricultural Society Press, Athens 1930)