GaiaAgiorgitiko by Gaia 2021

Product code: 16721
£17.65 inc VAT
Greece
Red Wine from
Peloponnese, Greece
Country
Country: Greece
Region
Region: Peloponnese
Sub-Region
Sub-Region: Nemea
Type
Type: Red Wine
Winery
Winery: Gaia
Alcohol
Alcohol: 14%
Volume
Volume: 750 ml
Winemaker
Winemaker: Yiannis Paraskevopoulos
Grape
Grape: Agiorgitiko
Grape: 100% Agiorgitiko
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Country
Country: Greece
Region
Region: Peloponnese
Sub-Region
Sub-Region: Nemea
Type
Type: Red Wine
Winery
Winery: Gaia
Alcohol
Alcohol: 14%
Volume
Volume: 750 ml
Winemaker
Winemaker: Yiannis Paraskevopoulos
Grape
Grape: Agiorgitiko
Grape: 100% Agiorgitiko

Product Notes

The Gaia Agiorgitiko is a premium red wine that boasts a rich and complex profile. This wine is made using the Agiorgitiko (St. George) grape variety, which is cultivated in the vineyards of Nemea in Greece. The wine has a beautiful deep ruby color and is bursting with intense aromas of red fruit and spices. On the palate, it is full-bodied, with an excellent balance of acidity and tannins. The wine has a lingering finish and can age elegantly for several years. Gaia Agiorgitiko is an excellent match for a range of dishes, including roasted meats, game, and rich sauces.

Tasting Notes

Agiorgitiko is the red grape of Nemea, making silky smooth, fruit-packed reds with a velvety finish. This cuvée shows intense aromatic finesse evolving from ripe berries and gooseberry through to caramel and discreet oak nuances. Soft tannins underline a rich, well structured velvety body

About the Winery

Gaia

The Greeks are known for traveling to various places and picking up knowledge from around the world. This rule applies to two agriculturalists, Yiannis Paraskevopoulos and Leon Karatsalos. Their love for wine took them to various wine-rich places of the world, where they learnt the tricks of the trade, before starting their own wine label, Gaia, in the year 1994. Since then, they have been doing all that they can to make the most of the two ultimate wine regions of Greece – Santorini and Nemea.

They started out with making white wines, but within a couple of years of inception, they expanded to creating red wines as well. These wines are produced from grapes grown in two vineyards – Nemea and Santorini.

Nemea – Located in the Nemea PDO (Protected Destination of Origin) Appellation of Greece. These vineyards contain vines that grow at different altitudes (250m to 850m above sea level). Officially recognised in the year 1971, this is the biggest vineyard in Greece right now. This vineyard is known for its limestone soils, warm summers and humid winters. The red varietal of Agiorgitiko is the main varietal grown here.

Santorini – This place is known for its unique ecosystem. The soil here is volcanic and porous in nature, because of the scorching summers and lack of rainfall all through the year. The Mediterranean climate of this place makes it ideal for growing one of the rarest and most indigenous white grape varietals of Greece, the Assyrtiko.

The winery in Nemea is located close to the Asopos River and gives a fantastic view of the Nemea valley. Currently, this winery can process 3060 hectalitres of wine, but it is equipped to handle more. The Santorini winery, on the other hand, is quite old as it used to be a tomato processing factory in the early 1900s.

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