Winemaker Notes
Delivering both power and a velvety texture, this serious, fine unfiltered wine has raised the stakes in the Nemea appellation. Deep red-black in color with a complex aromatic profile, good structure and great volume. Without a doubt, under proper cellar conditions it will continue to evolve into an even more highly structured wine for at least a decade.
The complex and intense flavors of the full-bodied wine make it an ideal pairing for game and spicy meat dishes.
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Gai'a 2020 Nemea Gaia Estate is all Agiorgitiko aged in oak. The bouquet offers very bright fruit with red currants and apple skin. You also get cedar and redwood tones, although they remain nicely integrated. There is a second wave of toasted spice and a hint of sweet cinnamon. The wine is mid-weight with some mild tannic tightness.
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Wine Enthusiast
Red fruit, paprika and meaty aromas herald this beautifully balanced dry red wine from Nemea. It has firm but well-integrated tannins followed by a tart finish, making this the ideal wine to pair with everything from root vegetables to pork chops to cheeseburgers.
Native the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece, Agioritiko is the star variety here and in fact, the only one permitted to carry the Nemea appellation. While it favors the hot Mediterranean climate of Greece, it performs best in Nemea’s high altitude mountain vineyards between 1,350 to 2,000 feet where fully ripe grapes can also achieve great acidity and structure. Somm Secret—As one of Greece's oldest varieties, wines made from Agioritiko were historically often associated with the half-god Heracules and referred to as the "Blood of Heracles.”
Home of Greece’s famous and praise-worthy red variety, Agiorgitiko, Nemea is part of the Peloponnese.