Barafakas Magic Van Red 2025
£19.00
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Barafakas Magic Van Red 2025
£19.00
Description
Barafakas Magic Van Red combines Agiorgitiko and Merlot from the Peloponnese. Made in stainless steel, it has an approachable, fruit-led style with red-berry and dark-fruit notes and soft tannins. Serve slightly cool at 14–16°C with pasta, grilled vegetables or chicken.
At a glance
Grape
Agiorgitiko, Merlot
Region
Peloponnese
Vintage
2025
ABV
13.0%
Sweetness
Dry
Denomination
PGI Peloponnese
Pairs well with
Pasta, Grilled vegetables, Chicken
Grapes
Agiorgitiko & Merlot
Agiorgitiko is the red grape at the heart of Nemea in the Peloponnese. Its generous red fruit and typically supple tannins make it appealing in youthful reds, while more structured examples can develop well with ageing. It is also used for fresh rosés and concentrated sweet wines.
Merlot is a red grape of Bordeaux origin, widely grown in Greece. It offers a supple texture and red and black fruit character. In blends, it can bring roundness and soften the impression of more firmly structured varieties such as Xinomavro.
Merlot is a red grape of Bordeaux origin, widely grown in Greece. It offers a supple texture and red and black fruit character. In blends, it can bring roundness and soften the impression of more firmly structured varieties such as Xinomavro.
Producer
Young winemaker Christos Barafakas with a degree in Agriculture returned to his family’s 14-hectare large vineyard in Nemea and established his winery in 2002. He has been one of the few new producers, who expressed the Agiorgitiko variety in fresh styles, without the use of ageing wooden barrels. His vineyard plots have a varying altitude between 280 and 600m above sea level, with plants ranging in age between 5 to 45 years and overall low yields, 6-9 t/ha. Although generally straightforward and practical in his approach, he has created some unique wines, such as “Thousand Years”, a blend of Agiorgitiko and Cabernet Sauvignon, suitable for ageing in the cellar and the boutique Phylacto, sun-dried Assyrtiko in very limited quantities, a “mini-Vinsanto” (with a twist, as aged in acacia barrels) to be found outside Santorini.