£58.00
per bottle (750 ml)
DESCRIPTION
Plots from 2 vineyards plot with 300-350m elevation with slightly overripe grapes. The wine spends 24 months in French oak barrels to create a rich and balanced wine with aromas of cherries, cassis and cedar notes. A big palate with prominent dark fruit, tobacco box, coffee and cedar wood. Could be a fine cross between a left bank Bordeaux and a Valpolicella.
AT A GLANCE
Red
2013
13 ABV
Xinomavro, Cabernet Sauvignon
Northern Greece
Full Bodied
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Grapes
Xinomavro
This is the shining star of the Greek vineyard! An intriguing grape, that needs good care when growing and though it might be susceptible to wet weather in the vineyard, when healthy, harvested appropriately and treated with focus in the winery hits admirable heights of body and complexity. Moreover, thanks also to its tight tannins and high acidity, it is suitable for long ageing. If you are a cellar fanatic, there is no better Greek grape to invest your patience on. It is obvious from Xinomavro wines of 30 or more years of age available today, that the potential of slow transformation of flavours, increasing complexity and better integration with time is huge.
Cabernet Sauvignon
International variety
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.
DELIVERY
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