This new addition to the LCBO general list certainly delivers for its price point! Raspberry, plum, cherry, pepper, dark cocoa, herbs and violets all come together in this easy-drinking red. Suffice to say, with its lingering flavours and soft tannins, pairing with herb-infused pork dishes or pasta in a red sauce is an easy decision.
This blend of equal parts Sauv Blanc and indigenous Vilana is the best rendition to date. A profile of banana, fruit salad, passion fruit, honey, lime and herbs is supported by refreshing acidity. Light-bodied, there is very good length, and it is perfectly suited for shellfish, somewhere along the lines of seared scallops or grilled shrimps.
Made from 60-year-old vines, this impressive wine starts off with a pale straw colour and then heads into a perfume of crushed volcanic rock, apple, honey, pear and white flowers. On the palate, it is full-bodied and bone-dry with an enormous saline minerality weaving in between the apple, citrus and peach fruit. There is excellent length and crunchy crystalline acidity, which gives it 8 to 10 years of longevity.
To qualify for the Nemea Appellation, red wines must be 100% native Agiorgitiko. Aged in new oak, this one offers a complex bouquet revealing black cherry and spice, as well as charred smokiness. Rounded and full-flavoured in the mouth with generous dark fruit, firm structure and solid balance.
Complex, refined nose opens up with fine dark fruit, especially signature Cab blackcurrant with refined spiciness and subtle cedary oak. Deftly balanced and harmonious throughout, with attractive Cabernet varietal character also coming through on the palate but with a distinct regional accent. An outstanding value.
Fruit from 80-year-old Assyrtiko vines. Pale straw in colour; you can smell the volcanic soil in which these grapes were grown. Minerally, smoky, melon nose; medium-bodied with a crisply dry, crabapple flavour carried on lively acidity.
Fruit from 80-year-old Assyrtiko vines. Pale straw in colour, you can smell the volcanic soil in which these grapes were grown — minerally, smoky melon nose; medium-bodied with a crisply dry crabapple flavour carried on lively acidity.