The Wine Front
"Simple pleasures done well, is how I’d summarise this wine. Stone fruit, honey, quite a lot of mint and thyme perfume, with a light lemon peel top note. It’s juicy, but quite saline, with fine powdery tannin, a light quinine bitterness, and a finish of good length. It drinks well, it’s refreshing, and it has interest. I’m a fan."
- Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)
Papagiannakos is a name worth knowing if you’ve got even a passing interest in Greek wine. Based just outside Athens, the family’s been working with Savatiano for generations - long before anyone outside Greece was paying much attention.
Today, Vassilis Papagiannakos is leading the charge to show what this humble local grape can really do, and this vino is a great example of what he's trying to tell the world about.
The fruit comes off 70-year-old, dry-grown vines planted in limestone-rich soils, and what you get in the glass is all about freshness and charm. It’s clean and lively, with gentle citrus and a little herbal lift. There’s a lovely, easy texture through the middle and a nicely dry finish that makes it a natural with food.
It's a lovely, honest wine that captures its place. Authentic, refreshing, and bloody good value for what it is.
