ER03622

Samartzis 'S', Single Origin Syrah, Central Greece 2022



£14.95

75cl ALC 13.5%
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This is a new producer to us and all the wines are excellent and good value. They make some beautiful wines from indigenous varieties that are well worth checking out, however, I particularly love this cool climate Syrah. It’s definitely more Northern Rhône than Barossa Valley. An elegant wine with beautiful black cherry and strawberry fruit on the palate, there is also black pepper, sweet spices and cinnamon. It’s got a lovely long finish, and the tannins are so soft and velvety; you could enjoy this wine on its own. I do however think the spices and red fruit would make it a really good match with Christmas dinner, roast turkey and all the trimmings (or a nut roast). Howard Hutchins

This has aromas of blackberries with hints of cinnamon and white pepper leading to a softly fruity palate with ripe wild strawberry flavours. Long, fresh finish.


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Greece, South East Europe & Asia, Greece

Still Red

Syrah/Shiraz

100% Syrah

Medium-bodied

Drink or Keep

2022

13.5%

75cl

Samartzis Estate Wines

"The Samartzis winery is situated in the village of Askri in the Valley of the Muses, about 1.5 hours north-west of Athens on the way to Delphi. Proven to have great terroir for vines, with its altitude of over 400 metres above sea level, cooling winds that come down from 1,749 metres-high Mt Helicon and great exposure to sunshine, which aids the grapes to reach optimal ripeness.

The vineyards have been in the family for almost 300 years, but the wines really took off when Panos Samartzis left his career as a pharmacist in 2008 to concentrate on the winery. Working with his brother Spiros, their mission is to champion the character of the land and local grapes, so their 10 ha are dominated by Kontoura (a clone of Salvatiano), Malagousia and Mouhtaro, a late-ripening, low-yielding, local black grape that almost died out in the 1970s. They do however have small amounts of rather good Merlot, Syrah and Grenache too! Panos states: “Our primary goal is to produce terroir wines from Greek grape varieties, with a strong focus on the ‘one vineyard, one wine’ philosophy.” "

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