Le Roi Des Montagnes Syrah is one of our favorite Syrah wines—and we know it’s one of yours too, judging by how quickly the bottles sell out every year! This holiday season, Yiannis Papargyriou decided to give us a “Christmas gift” by opening his cellar. Inside this elegant wooden case, you’ll find a vertical selection featuring one bottle from each of these outstanding vintages: 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017!
The King of the Mountains is here, and it certainly lives up to its crown. Yiannis Papargyriou has repeatedly proven his mastery in working with Syrah, pushing it to its limits. The late harvest gives this wine its distinctive qualities—an almost chewable, full-bodied texture, intense fruit concentration, and high alcohol content. Yet, it takes Papargyriou’s skillful handling to maintain elegance and balance amidst such power.
The French variety is cultivated and ripened at an altitude of 850m in Sofiana, Corinthia. By delaying the harvest at great risk, Papargyriou picks the grapes when they are overripe, achieving an astonishing concentration in the almost raisin-like fruit. The wine is then aged for 18 months in French oak barrels and further refined in the bottle.
A vertical collection of four different vintages of Le Roi des Montagnes Syrah is something you’ll rarely come across again!
