Agathon Mount Athos 2014

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I have to confess that my knowledge about Greek wines is rather residual, being mainly set in the offer available at most Greek restaurants around and some vague memories from a past journey to Greece.

And my experiences couldn´t be more extreme: I was often offered overpriced half-dry wines (even after having asked for dry ones) from a rather dubious and never revealed origin, and more recently quite some pleasant surprises from a small family Taverna which have a wonderful offer, and advice, on their selection of wines.

It was mainly because of this that I have decided to bring home this Agathon Mount Athos 2014.

Having achieved a gold medal at the Bio Wine Prizes, it is made of equal amounts of Cabernet Sauvignon and the autochtonous Limnio, which is a grape with which I had  my first contact.

In the mouth there is a pleasant taste of ripe berries with a very interesting melange of wooden notes. Still, it is quite a fresh and lively wine with an agreeable finish, ideal for lighter Mediterranean dishes.

Definitely a very good experience, opening doors to further ones.
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.


William Wordsworth

15,5 / 20

Country: Greece
Region: Agion Oros Athos
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Limnio
13,5%
Winemaker: S/A
Website: https://www.tsantali.com/awards_scores/
Location: Hamburg, Germany

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