Babatzim Monovarietal Grape Marc Merlot
£28.00
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Babatzim Monovarietal Grape Marc Merlot
£28.00
Description
Grape Marc spirits of double distillation in traditional copper hambyques. From grapes grown in Macedonia, Greece. Elegant, expressively aromatic with unmistakable “identity”. Best finish to a long and versatile dinner or to be had as an aperitif.
At a glance
Grape
Merlot
ABV
40.0%
Grape
Merlot
Merlot is one of the world's most widely planted red grapes, originally from Bordeaux, known for its soft tannins, plush texture and ripe plum and black cherry character. In Greece it is grown both as a varietal wine and as a blending partner that adds roundness to firmer native reds.
Producer
Babatzim traces back to 1875, when the Babatzimopoulos brothers founded a distillery in Constantinople, drawing on a family raki-making tradition from Silivria, near the city. The 1922 population exchange forced the family to Greece, where they resettled among fellow refugees from Eastern Rumelia and rebuilt the business at Anchialos, near Thessaloniki. In 1971, Anestis Babatzimopoulos — grandson of the founders — planted the family's first experimental vineyard on the slopes of Mount Vertiskos, later converting the estate to organic farming and adding a second winery within the vineyard itself, near Lagadas. Four generations on, the family still distils tsipouro and ouzo from its own Macedonian grapes alongside a range of regional wines.