• 60% Monemvasia, 20% Kydonitsa, 10% Assyrtiko, 10% Asproudi • This cuvée is the sole extant representative of the once-famous dried-grape style from this region, now denoted by the PDO ‘Monemvasia-Malvasia’ • Produced only in the best years and selected from the estate’s best grapes, which are sun-dried to produce a liasto – “sunned”—wine • Grapes are pressed into stainless steel for fermentation • Aged in used French barriques for 2 years with minimal topping up • 184 g/L of RS, 7.2 g/L of total acidity • Vegan-friendly • Practicing organic
Info
Producer:
Vintage:
2012
Country:
Greece
Region:
Peloponnese
Appellation:
PDO Monemvasia-Malvasia
Variety:
Monemvasia-based Blend
Color:
White
Sizes Available
| Half Bottle | GR-MVS-80-12H | 6/375ml |
Resources
Press & Reviews
Decanter World Wine Awards
Score
97
Date
2025-06-27
"Here,s both a new story and an old one. Monemvasia in the Peloponnese was the original source of what the medieval world knew as ÁMalvasias Oenos, † the sweet Malvasia straw wine beloved and traded over 500 years by the merchants of La Serenissima, the seafaring Venetian Republic. In recent times, almost all of it has been produced on the Cycladic island of Paros † but not this wine, whose source is vineyards close to the original walled town of Monemvasia. The Monemvasia grape variety (not a member, recent DNA analysis suggests, of the large Malvasia family) is here blended with 15 per cent of Assyrtico, 15 per cent of Kydonitsa and 10 per cent of Asprouda to make this oxidative though unfortified sweet wine (187 g/l sugar). It,s a dark walnut in colour, with softly smoky-sweet scents and rich fig-and-raisin flavours: a luxurious modern taste of a medieval Mediterranean treat."