Region: Mantinia (Peloponnese)
Grape: Moschofilero
Vinification: Stainless Steel
Tasting : An unmistakable Greek white nose : white rose, white flowers, lemon, grapefruit zest. Clean as a whistle on the palate with mouthwatering salty acidity. Nice.
What can we learn?
This wine is instructive for two reasons.
- First, it is fairly typical of Greek whites: floral, fresh, light, citrusy, made for seaside seafood. Island Assyrtikos and the Robola exhibit more minerality, but mainland Greek whites generally follow this template.
- Second, this wine shows us that those who like ‘New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc’ are not as closed minded as one might think.
- If we take Sauvignon Blanc (a light, dry, unoaked, very fruit forward white wine) as an archetype, this Greek white would fall under that category. Think about wine categorically when trying to decipher what a non-wine expert is looking for.
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