£26.00
per bottle (500 ml)
DESCRIPTION
100% Avgoustiatis barrel-aged for 12 months. Very satisfying and complex with aromas of dry red fruits, violet, vanilla, cinnamon & cloves. Balanced with soft tannins and long finish. Paired greatly with cheese, including blue, sour & sweetmeat dishes, duck, baby lamb and wild boar with plum sauce. Serve chilled.
AT A GLANCE
Sweet
2014
13 ABV
Avgoustiatis
Ionian Islands
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Grape
Avgoustiatis
Avgoustiatis is a little known red grape variety found originally around the Ionian islands (more notably on Zakynthos) and the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula, from where it has made its way to a further two Aegean islands about 15 years ago. Following this purposeful and creative migration of the grape, we now have distinguished bottlings coming from these two most recent plantings on the islands of Tinos and Samos. The variety ripens relatively early in the growing season and harvested typically in August, where the name of the grape comes from the grape of August.
Producer
Melissinos
Reviving the family estate at Ano Thiramona, at the southern part of the island of Cephalonia, the winery has experimented with the indigenous varieties of the island, some of which, if not totally forgotten, have certainly become neglected over time. Mount Aenos, in the middle of the island, divides Kefalonia into its northern and southern parts, creating many different microclimates, even at short distances. The volcanic character of the island and the peninsula of Paliki offer even more variety in the soil morphology and composition. Last but not least in importance effect over the quality of Cephalonian wine is the delayed advent of phylloxera on the island (1970) and the preservation of old own-rooted vineyards. The winery promotes this varietal diversity and reveals the natural potential of the local grapes by producing high-quality wines with minimum intervention in a limited number of bottles. Their Mavrodaphne wines come from autochthonous ungrafted plants of the local and superior island clone.
DELIVERY
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