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Malagouzia Wine Tasting

Le Petit Sommelier Restaurant, Athens, Greece

Tasted May 24, 2012 by Yiannis with 574 views

Introduction

& monovarietal malagouzias and a blend with assyrtiko tasted blind.

Flight 1 (4 notes)

White
2011 Alpha Estate Malagousia Axia Greece, Macedonia, Florina
86 points
Medium lemon-like yellow green. Tropical fruits like pineapple, mellon and floral scents on the nose. Medium-bodied, refreshing with sufficient acidity and a medium, floral aftertaste. Drink now to 2013.
White
2011 Karadimos Malagousia Oak Fermented Greece, Continental Greece, Attica, Parnassou
89 points
Medium yellow-green. Intense toast, floral aromas, peach and some herbal scents. Med+ bodied, mouthfilling, with generous fruit and balancing acidity. Long, persistant aftertaste. Will improve after 1 year or so of cellaring. A very interesting oaked version of malagouzia.
Rosé
2011 Tsililis Theopetra Greece, Thessaly, Tirnavos
75 points
A blend of malagouzia and assyrtico. Med-light lemony. Cheesy and soapy aromas on the nose overshadowing the fruit. Totally unpleasurable.
White
2011 Mylonas Malagousia Greece, Continental Greece, Attica
88 points
Last wine of the first flight. Medium yellow-green. Expressive nose with tropical fruits like guava, herbs and nice green scents, making it the most sauvignon blanc-like wine of the bunch. Medium-bodied, vibrant, with bright fruit and balancing acidity. Fairly long aftertaste. Ready to drink.

Flight 2 (4 notes)

White
2010 Domaine Gerovassiliou Malagousia Single Vineyard Greece, Macedonia, Epanomi
87 points
The wine reviewed here, is the Greek version, with a different bottle and label to that on the picture, and the use of oak maturation for part of the wine (not officialy declared by the winemaker). Intense mango and passion fruit, white flowers and peach on the nose. Medium to full-bodied, sweet, with ripe fruit and modererate acidity. Medium aftertaste. Somewhat viognier-like. Considering this wine's popularity and easy to like character, it was not a surprise that it received most votes from the tasters.
White
2011 Wine Art Estate Malagousia Techni Alipias Greece, Macedonia, Drama
85 points
First vintage for this winery's malagouzia. Light straw with green hues. Tropical fruits, peach and floral scents on the nose. Medium-bodied with adequate acidity. Medium aftertaste. This wine received zero votes, despite the fact that there was nothing wrong about it, except, maybe, a lack of personality.
White
2011 T-Oinos Malagousia Greece, Aegean, Cyclades, Tinos
83 points
This is by far the priciest of all the wines tasted and the least expressive, with dough and not much else on the nose. Medium-bodied with weak fruit and adequate acidity. Medium aftertaste. We opened 2 bottles that were exactly identical, so not an off-bottle case, which makes me wonder how on earth I was so enthused about this the previous time I had it.
White
2011 Avantis Estate Malagousia Greece, Continental Greece, Evia
87 points
Very expressive with stone fruits, flowers and tropical scents. Med-bodied, off-dry (this wimery's signature style) with balancing acidity and a medium+ aftertaste. A wine made to please the masses.
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