Why do we love it?
When a real wine diamond of Greece, such as Cava Fragou 2005, falls into your hands all you have to do is share your good fortune with a few (very few) also lucky ones! The last, very few bottles of Cava Fragou 2005 are here but not for long…
The Fragou family has a deep relationship with wine since they started their course in the area in 1934, in Spata, Attica. In 1990, Asimina Fragou renovated and modernized her winery and facilities. This resulted in the huge success of the winery's new labels and led to the expansion of the family's activities in Messenia. Specifically, in 2002, they acquired a vineyard in Trifilia, Messinia, with a microclimate and soil ideal for Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. These wines soon gained a fanatic audience and made Trifilia famous for its red wines.
Cava Fragou was the best of them all and the jewel of the winery. The classic blend of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, aged in new, French oak barrels for 18 months. Then the wine remained for several months in the cellar of the winery until they decide it was ready.
Since 2015, the traces of the winery in Trifilia are lost… and this makes Cava Fragou 2005 a super collectible wine, with a long way to go. At the same time, you do not often find 15-year-old Bordeaux blends (and especially Greek) that retain their vigor and structure while having acquired a truly incredible complexity, at this price.
Tastes Like
It has a medium garnet color and intoxicating nose, full of aromas of dried fruits such as fig and plum but also ripe black cherry, sour cherry, and redcurrant. Notes of vanilla, leather, tea, pepper, nutmeg, coffee, and dark chocolate complement the complex bouquet.
In the mouth, it has a medium body, crisp acidity, and medium but ripe tannins. Fig, plum, cherry, sour cherry jam, cinnamon, vanilla, pepper, nutmeg, star anise, tea, espresso, cocoa, mushroom, and cedar flood the palate.