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Wine Definition
- Vintage2017
- TypeRed
- ProducerKtima Ligas
- VarietyRed Blend
- DesignationMoschomavro
- Vineyardn/a
- CountryGreece
- RegionMacedonia
- SubRegionn/a
- Appellationn/a
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11/20/2021 - forceberry wrote: 84 Points
A naturalist Moschomavro, macerated with the skins for 4 weeks and then aged for 5 months in old, neutral oak barrels. Bottled unfined and unfiltered. Bottle no. 1643 of total 3000 bottles. 13% alcohol.
Pale, translucent cranberry juice color with a slightly evolved pomegranate hue. Quite sauvage and lifted nose with aromas of slightly animalistic funk, some ripe strawberry, light volatile notes of nail polish, a little bit of acetic vinegary character with a subtly balsamic edge, light cherry nuances and a touch of beetroot juice. The wine is lively, quite crunchy and slightly cleaner on the palate than what the nose suggest. Flavors of ripe cherries and tart cranberries, some volatile notes of nail polish, a little bit of wild strawberry, light vinegary nuances of balsamico and a hint of stony minerality. The wine is medium in body with high acidity and very light and gentle tannins. The finish is wild, slightly acetic and ever-so-slightly grippy with with crunchy flavors of wild strawberries and tart cranberries, some sweeter notes of ripe cherries, a little bit of cooked rose hips, light volatile nail polish tones, a hint of beet root and a touch of acetic roughness in the throat.
A fresh and crunchy but also very sauvage and funky naturalist from Greece. I'm not entirely sure if I really can pick much varietal characteristics of Moschomavro here, since the wine is so volatile and acetic that a good deal of the varietal aromas get overwhelmed. Drinks more like a generic Jura red or Cru Beaujolais than anything I'd associate with Greece. Would be more enjoyable with less pronounced acetic character, as now the wine feels more like a rather anonymous natty wine. Comes across as a bit expensive for the quality at 21€.
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8/29/2020 - forceberry wrote: 84 Points
A naturalist Moschomavro, macerated with the skins for 4 weeks and then aged for 5 months in old, neutral oak barrels. Bottled unfined and unfiltered. Bottle no. 1627 of total 3000 bottles. 13% alcohol.
Pale, translucent strawberry juice color with a somewhat pomegranate hue. Somewhat wild and slightly volatile nose with aromas of ripe forest fruits, some raspberry juice, light notes of rose hips, sweet fruity hints of strawberries and wizened red cherries and a touch of nail polish. The wine is quite light-bodied, crunchy and rather wild on the palate with flavors of raspberries, some lifted notes of nail polish, light stony mineral tones, a little bit of acetic roughness and a tart hint of lingonberries. The structure relies mostly on the high acidity as the friendly tannins are almost nonexistent. The finish is wild, very gently grippy and quite crunchy with flavors of raspberries, some acetic notes of VA, a little bit of cherry, light fresh redcurrant tones, a hint of gravelly minerality and a touch of peppery spice.
A fun, fresh and easy wine, but at the same time rather natty and thus quite anonymous in style. Had I tasted this blind, I would've never pinpointed this to Greece, since the wine really doesn't have any "Greek" qualities to me. With its red-toned fruit and lovely acidity, my first guesses would've been probably a red blend from Jura or a more naturalist Cru Beaujolais. All in all, this is a pleasant little drop, but with slightly less acetic character it would've been more enjoyable. Now this was a quite generic and thus somewhat unmemorable natural wine. Perhaps a bit pricey for the quality at 21€.
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8/11/2019 - Krassens Likes this wine: 90 Points
Certainly hard to place: light in colour and body, animalistic on the nose, quite dry on the palate with leather, cinnamon, white pepper, lingonberries, high acidity. Reminiscent of Piedmont or Jura, but with less cherries. A good wine, but would gain from a year or so more of cellaring.
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6/15/2019 - karl.1480 wrote: 88 Points
Pale ruby color.
Really pretty nose showing mixed red berries, Mediterranean herbs, dried florals, pine nuts, dusty gravel and some kriek notes. Barely medium bodied with almost no tannins but acidity that is fresh and vibrant. Juicy mouthfeel and decent intensity to the flavors.
This reminded me a lot of Poulsard form Jura but maybe with a little less acidity. Easy-drinking and very easy to like. A bit hefty price tag for the given quality at 20 euros.
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