Nerantzi Koniaros Red 2017
£58.00
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Nerantzi Koniaros Red 2017
£58.00
Description
The ancient Greek variety, saved and cultivated at the estate Nerantzi vineyards, is particularly interesting, giving a wine with great ageing potential. Concentrated fruit, dried herbs and ink prevailing in the gentle nose and a rounded mouthfeel, with fairly good volume and still young tannins reserving a bright future. Slightly smoky feel with hints of bacon and long aftertaste
At a glance
Grape
Koiniariko
Region
Northern Greece
Vintage
2017
ABV
14.5%
Body
Full Bodied
Denomination
PGI Serres
Grape
Koiniariko
Koiniariko is a little-documented red grape grown in the Serres region of Macedonia, in Greece's far north near ancient Amfipolis, where it is one of the varieties permitted under the PGI Serres designation.
Producer
Evanthia Mitropoulou, a capable young winemaker has been working methodically in the last 15 years to establish the more than a 13-hectare large family-owned vineyard and to revive the two local varieties of Serres, Asprouda of Serres and Koniaros. Thanks to her and her father, Nerantzi, the varieties are now part of the national grape archive. Only a stone’s throw away from the recently discovered ancient town of Amphipolis, landmark city of the Macedonian kingdom of Alexander the Great, which flourished in the 4th century BC, the vineyard is cultivated following the principles of organic viticulture and the wines are produced with minimal intervention and under organic certification.