Papargyriou The Unique Mavrostyfo Red 2021
£32.50
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Papargyriou The Unique Mavrostyfo Red 2021
£32.50
Description
This is surely the new novelty in Greek wine, a Peloponnesian red grape variety of vivid fruitiness, big volume and competitive tannins. These last ones, that also account for its name, have become a welcome material in the hands of capable winemaker Papargyriou, to shape a wine that throws youthfulness, structure and tons of character straight into your glass. We are offering here a tiny amount of this ‘catchy’ wine that is bound to become well known in the future.
At a glance
Grape
Mavrostyfo
Region
Peloponnese
Vintage
2021
ABV
15.0%
Sweetness
Dry
Body
Full Bodied
Grape
Mavrostyfo
Mavrostyfo is an extremely rare Greek red grape, all but unknown until winemaker Yiannis Papargyriou discovered a forgotten clone growing in one of his own Corinthia vineyards. Thick-skinned and naturally high in sugar, it produces deeply coloured, richly concentrated wines with firm tannins and notable ageing potential, and remains, for now, essentially unique to his estate.
Producer
The winery’s founder, Aristidis Papargyriou, planted his first vineyards in 1978, with the aim to produce wines of high quality and distinctive character. He chose matched varieties with high potential for the region, such as Assyrtiko, Sauvignon Blanc, the local Muscat, Cabernet Sauvignon, Agiorgitiko and Mavrodaphne. In the early ‘90s, the first Papargyriou wines were released. Yannis, his son, with studies in Agriculture and winemaking at the famous Wine Institute of Geisenheim in Germany, has been continuing his work since then and expanded the family’s vineyard, originally to be found near the village of Lalioti, Corinthia, 120km to the west of Athens, to a new vineyard site at Sofiana, Corinthia, at 800-900m altitude. This splendid new vineyard of 16 hectares is giving grapes of superior quality and has raised the production to around 50000 bottles yearly.