£28.00
per bottle (750 ml)
This wine has a medium ruby colour with garnet hues. Its aromatic profile varies from red fruit, blackcurrant and spices to subtle herbal notes. The body is elegant and fine with a light tannic structure that makes it fresh and vivid.
With an aging potential of 7 to 10 years, this wine pairs with a variety of main red meat dishes from grilled red meat with herbs to meat casseroles and all the way to the cheese board, alongside cheeses of intense flavour.
Red
Dry
2022
13.5 ABV
Limnio
Northern Greece
PGI Serres
Grape
Limnio
Limnio is an important Greek grape variety that has been used in red wine production for more than 2000 years. It has been mentioned by many Greek poets, including Aristotle and Homer. The grape is believed to have originated in the Aegean Island of Limnos, though, surprisingly, it is barely grown there anymore. In the 21st Century, Limnio is more at home on the Halkidiki Peninsula in Greek Macedonia and Rapsani in Thessalia. Limnio is a hardy grape that ripens late and has strong drought resistance.
Producer
Nerantzi
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.
