This centenarian negociant vineyard owner and more recently bottler is one of Nemeas top addresses There are no secrets to their success Intimate knowledge of the valleyfloor bestdraining name places Equally at home with which hillside performs best in a given vintage Their longestablished contacts with some of the best farmers add to a considerable deck of cards Managing all this is Kostas Mitravelas a straighttalking and lowkey member of Nemeas younger generation of historic wine families The oenologist Gregory Vrettos whose dark handsome good looks would not be out of place in an Armani advertisement is another asset to this going places estate Behind his boyish charm lies one of the better talents to graduate from the Athens University This busy 26yearold also manages to find time to run a fulltime agricultural laboratory in his home town of Thiva Vrettos also handles the estates exports and travels extensively to open new markets The year 2006 was a pretty vintage in Nemea Most of the oldvine Aghiorghitiko was safely picked before the last 20 of the harvest was hit by heavy rains Medium dark Blue rim Broadly fruited Black cherries Round palate with meltinmouth suave tannins Succulent supple finish Still more to come Could not be more appellationtrue If you are new to the elegant charms of Nemea this is one of the best introductions to oldvine 35yearold bush vines examples now on the scene Best 20102015
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Wine: Nemea Mitravelas Estate
Year: 2006
Link: http://www.mitravelas.com
Score: 17.5
Type: Red
Variety: Agiorgitiko
Area: Peloponnese