2017 Alpha Estate Xinomavro Skantzoxoiros

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 90.4 points

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  1/15/2024 - Joshvoulters Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Maltby & Greek portfolio tasting: Quite developed for a 6 year old wine, leather and savoury rubber notes underlaid with dark and red juicy fruit and thyme. Clean and certainly drier than the '21 tasted side by side, a little grain to the tannins.

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  12/27/2022 - Tannatastic Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Red fruited, high-toned and airy. Refreshing, yet with just the right amount of concentration to let that extreme altitude shine through in this cuvee.
  
  Just a really lovely wine.

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  11/22/2021 - theebigjuan Likes this wine: 90 Points

  PNP. Had with a roasted chicken in olive oil, herbs and lemon with plenty of potatoes and veggies. Chose this wine based on the comments and its connection to those ingredients. It was great and balanced on its own with enough weight to respond to the meal. Very enjoyable.

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  7/23/2021 - Fractalage Likes this wine:

  Picked up at K&L in RWC.
  I'm determined to taste through all their wines from off the mainly tread American wine trails.
  
  For about $20, this is a very good value.
  For the history around Amyndeon it was worth the exploration, let alone the actual joy of imbibement.
  
  This PDO was named after Alexander the Great’s Grandfather, Amyntas III.
  All tasting this wine deserve to know about the recent archeological find in 2007 of an 8000 year old civilization up in the high elevation of the Greek/Macedonian plateau.
  Even more recently one of the best preserved Roman villas was found:
  https://www.greece-is.com/stunning-ancient-roman-villa-discovered-amyntaio/
  This demonstrates the quality of this high elevation terroir, as it’s been farmed for millennia.
  
  This cuvee held a glorious nose: Took 4 hours to truly open to this.
  Upon first decanting there were copious candies of the tart nature, sweet-tarts/bottle-caps, with ripe raspberry, cherry and plum. Excellent natural acid, light to medium body with earthen spices that lingered.
  After 4 hours this changed from a bright candy example to a more earthen balance of the fabulous nose. Smelling this was a treat. There were dusty rhubarb, wild green apple, bright tart cherry with a crunchy tart berry finish revealing lots of emerging subtle flavors.
  
  3rd pour from decanter at almost 5 hours in, it reminded me of a Beaujolais: There was that meaty candy fruit and solid earth with plenty of in-between.
  
  Paired with pan seared lamb t-bone its acid really came into play and complimented perfectly to where it’s more earthen notes and meatiness showed. Plush with bright tart minerals.
  
  All this was at 70degrees F. (I take my wine's temperature now.)
  
  I chilled it back down to 64.
  This brought out more neutral flavors with herbal taught finish. Less volatile for sure, and more of a cool climate something. Reminded me more of an Alp Foothills wine from the French side. Would have mistaken this for a Bugy.
  In fact, I’m sure this wine would stump even the best of the somms.
  We’ve got it! The Somm Stumper of the month!

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  6/13/2021 - Casablanca77 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  I had this wine with pizza and it matched very well with the spicy tomato sauce. This has a pale ruby color with medium acidity and medium high tannins. The aromas are of cherry, cranberry and tomato leaf. The flavors are of blackberry, strawberry and a touch of pepper leading to a balanced finish.

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