KTIMA DRIOPI RESERVE 2014 - DOMAINE TSELEPOS

You now take it for granted. Whatever you do, you expect a perfect or almost perfect result from him. Yiannis Tselepos knows to take every year for what it is. And the 2014 year was one of the difficult ones in Nemea. Significantly reduced production and a very rigorous selection of the fruit to put in his tanks and barrels secured Yiannis Tselepos the prerequisite quality for his favorite Dryopi Reserve. He has proved in the past that he does not hesitate to skip years if the raw material is not of the quality he wants.

Enjoy Dryopi Reserve 2014, the most cosmopolitan version of Agiorgitiko, by Yiannis Tselepos, the man who managed to make even French producers envy his wines. In the selected vineyard with old plants in the well-known Grand Cru Koutsi area of ​​Nemea, the low yield per hectare and the pioneering viticultural techniques applied, give Yiannis the best character of Agiorgitiko. With the extraction of 25 days and after 12 months of maturing in oak barrels, Dryopi Reserve 2014 is a rich, complex, robust red wine with a velvety feel that wins you from the moment you first meet. Of course, if you want, you can wait for a while until you enjoy it, since it will hang out with you for another decade.

Dark red color in the glass.

In the nose it offers aromas of mature small fruit of the forest. Black cherry, raspberry jam, dried plum and nuts are complemented by eucalyptus notes and spices with green pepper dominating.

Soft and fleshy in the palate with gentle tannins and well-preserved acidity that gives balance. Dried plum aromas dominate in the mouth while the long-lasting fruity aftertaste leaving a spicy feel that lasts.