Monemvasios, Monemvasia Winery
REGION: Monemvasia, Greece
VARIETIES: Agiorgitiko, Mavroudi
ALCOHOL: 14.5%
VITICULTURE: Conventional
YEAR: 2013
INFO: You have to love handling wines from places like Greece, as the history of winemaking here stretches back such a long way: in this case, back to the Byzantine era. Indeed, Monemvasia-Malvasia was known as one of the best wines in the world from the 13th-17th centuries, and the grape Malvasia was named after the region and makes Malmsey Madeira. Today, the winery produces a range of wines, including this amazingly well-aged red. If you don't want to fork out for older Bordeaux, try this as a really good alternative.
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