Mylonas Malagousia Mandilaria Rose 2024
£17.50
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Mylonas Malagousia Mandilaria Rose 2024
£17.50
Description
This is a blend that includes the mysterious Mandilaria grape. Salmon pink, gorgeous aromatic, strawberry and spiced grape bouquet, fragrant, clean rose petals and wild strawberry fruit with lots of crisp, refreshing acidity. High quality rosé that can be enjoyed on its own or with a wide variety of food. It accompanies rich salads, white meats such as rabbit and poultry, fried vegetables, grilled sardines, fried fish, fried vegetables, shrimp paste or lobster pasta, shrimp saganaki, traditional oily dishes of Greek cuisine (e.g. stuffed meatballs, green beans, and barley giouvetsi).
At a glance
Grape
Malagousia, Mandilaria
Region
Central Greece
Vintage
2024
ABV
12.5%
Sweetness
Dry
Denomination
PGI Attica
Grapes
Malagousia & Mandilaria
Malagousia is an aromatic white variety grown primarily in Central Greece and Greek Macedonia. The variety was rescued from near extinction in 1983 by the winemaker Evangelos Gerovassiliou, after he planted out his vineyard at Epanomi, on the Halkidiki peninsula, with the variety. Malagousia is best known for its citrus and peach characteristics, often showing various melon flavours on the palate. It is often used as a blending agent, most notably with Assyrtiko, to which it adds middle body weight.
Producer
Mylonas Winery was started in 1917 in Keratea, eastern Attica, by grandfather Antonis, who fermented his grape must in amphorae before stainless steel tanks were common. His son Dimitris continued the tradition and expanded the vineyards, and today the third generation, the Mylonas brothers, run the estate — bottling wine under their own name only since 2006. Their 12 hectares sit at 80–350m in the foothills of Mount Panion, on limestone and schist soils cooled by sea breezes, and are planted mostly with Savatiano, Attica's traditional grape and the historic base of retsina, alongside smaller plots of Assyrtiko, Malagousia, Aidani, Mandilaria and Agiorgitiko.