Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
ade with 100% Agiorgitiko, the Domaine Skouras 2021 Nemea Grande Cuvée (with 10,000 bottles produced) opens to a rich and healthy ruby color and spot-on intensity. The bouquet reveals layers of cherry liqueur, rose hip and wild plum. Aged in French oak for 12 months, the wine shows a medium-plus texture with spicy cinnamon and a pretty dose of freshness to close. Fruit comes from a high-elevation vineyard with iron-rich soils and steep diurnal shifts that make for slow ripening conditions. This helps build the wine's depth and aromatic complexity. This is a beautiful and interesting wine.
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James Suckling
Dark chocolate, walnuts, black fruit and vanilla bean on the nose, followed by a full-bodied, well-integrated palate. Pretty sweet and spicy touch.
Beyond the usual suspects, there are hundreds of red grape varieties grown throughout the world. Some are indigenous specialties capable of producing excellent single varietal wines, while others are better suited for use as blending grapes. Each has its own distinct viticultural characteristics, as well as aroma and flavor profiles, offering much to be discovered by the curious wine lover. In particular, Portugal and Italy are known for having a multitude of unique varieties but they can really be found in any region.
Home of Greece’s famous and praise-worthy red variety, Agiorgitiko, Nemea is part of the Peloponnese.