Barafakas Magic Van White 2023
£18.00
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Barafakas Magic Van White 2023
£18.00
Description
Barafakas Magic Van White blends Moschoudi with Chardonnay in a fragrant, fresh white from Nemea. Separate stainless-steel fermentation preserves white-flower, apricot and citrus notes, with a gentle creaminess on the palate. Serve at 8–10°C with light pasta dishes, fish, chicken or green salads.
At a glance
Grape
Moschoudi, Chardonnay
Region
Peloponnese
Vintage
2023
ABV
12.5%
Sweetness
Dry
Denomination
PGI Peloponnese
Pairs well with
Fish, Chicken, Green salads
Grapes
Moschoudi & Chardonnay
Moschoudi is the local name used for Muscat of Rio Patras. This aromatic white grape belongs to the small-berried Muscat tradition of the Peloponnese and is used for both dry and sweet wines.
Chardonnay is a white grape originating in Burgundy and now grown worldwide, including Greece. Its style responds strongly to vineyard conditions and winemaking: it can produce fresh, unoaked wines or broader, more complex wines shaped by barrel fermentation and maturation.
Chardonnay is a white grape originating in Burgundy and now grown worldwide, including Greece. Its style responds strongly to vineyard conditions and winemaking: it can produce fresh, unoaked wines or broader, more complex wines shaped by barrel fermentation and maturation.
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.