If you seek complexity and taste intensity in a red wine, then you must try the MV Mavroudi of Thrace 2015 by Anatolikos Vineyards in one of the few magnum bottles in their beautiful wooden crate.
In the northernmost Greek vineyards by the sea, the two Nikolaidis brothers grow Greek and international varieties applying the methods of organic farming. The constant cool sea breeze and the large temperature differences during the day help the grapes to ripe perfectly while the very low yields of the rainfed vineyard in Choirodasos, and the sandy soil and rocky subsoil, contribute to the excellent compaction.
In a unique blend, the still unexplored Mavroudi (60%), whose history is lost in time * meets Cabernet Sauvignon (20%) and Merlot (20%). The blend is aged with fine lees for 12 months in French oak barrels and then is bottled unfiltered, without any treatment.
Highly structured and complex, the MV Mavroudi of Eastern Thrace 2015 Vineyards enchants wine lovers while its intensity shows that will evolve nicely over the next 6-8 years.
* It is said that Mavroudi wine was offered by Osysseas to the Cyclops Polyphemus.