Mavrotragano Wines
Color: Red
Types of wines: Red, Dessert
Region: PGI Cyclades
Typical taste profile: Rich, tannic and aromatic
Description: Mavrotragano, a grape variety native to the island of Santorini, has recently surged in popularity. Although it has been cultivated for many years, it's only in the last two decades that winemakers have started to unlock its full potential following a number of the island's producers attempting to revive it with several new plantings. This newfound attention has led to its expansion beyond Santorini to other parts of Greece, including the island of Tinos and the northern mainland.
The name Mavrotragano in greek means 'black and crunchy', which aptly describes its texture. It's a deeply colored grape, producing wines that are rich in tannins and medium-to-high in acidity. The flavor profile is complex, featuring wild berries, red cherries, spices, and minerals. These wines are often compared to the northern Rhône Syrah for their full-bodied and powerful nature. One of the standout features of Mavrotragano wines is their aging potential with highly concentrated examples able to age gracefully for over a decade.
Growing Mavrotragano comes with its own set of challenges. The grape is mid to late-ripening and has low fertility, leading to inconsistent yields. Despite these hurdles, it's a vigorous variety and its unique viticultural needs, such as specific training methods and aeration during fermentation, are actively being studied to optimize its potential by a number of wine producers.
In conclusion, Mavrotragano is more than just a grape; it's a symbol of the evolving Greek wine culture. Its recent rise in popularity, coupled with its unique characteristics and challenges, makes it a grape variety worth watching that promises to evolve even further in the coming years.
Types of wines: Red, Dessert
Region: PGI Cyclades
Typical taste profile: Rich, tannic and aromatic
Description: Mavrotragano, a grape variety native to the island of Santorini, has recently surged in popularity. Although it has been cultivated for many years, it's only in the last two decades that winemakers have started to unlock its full potential following a number of the island's producers attempting to revive it with several new plantings. This newfound attention has led to its expansion beyond Santorini to other parts of Greece, including the island of Tinos and the northern mainland.
The name Mavrotragano in greek means 'black and crunchy', which aptly describes its texture. It's a deeply colored grape, producing wines that are rich in tannins and medium-to-high in acidity. The flavor profile is complex, featuring wild berries, red cherries, spices, and minerals. These wines are often compared to the northern Rhône Syrah for their full-bodied and powerful nature. One of the standout features of Mavrotragano wines is their aging potential with highly concentrated examples able to age gracefully for over a decade.
Growing Mavrotragano comes with its own set of challenges. The grape is mid to late-ripening and has low fertility, leading to inconsistent yields. Despite these hurdles, it's a vigorous variety and its unique viticultural needs, such as specific training methods and aeration during fermentation, are actively being studied to optimize its potential by a number of wine producers.
In conclusion, Mavrotragano is more than just a grape; it's a symbol of the evolving Greek wine culture. Its recent rise in popularity, coupled with its unique characteristics and challenges, makes it a grape variety worth watching that promises to evolve even further in the coming years.
A deep red wine with complex, spicy nose combining aromas of ripe black fruit with black pepper, juniper berries, and ink, vanilla and oak. Concentrated mouthsense, full, with a good structure and rich tannins. Long aftertaste...
99.50€
Ex Tax:80.24€
Vangelis Gerovassiliou selects the oak barrels with optimal maturation and the best organoleptic characteristics to create a collector's wine. The Museum Collection is a combination of Limnio, Mavroudi, Mavrotragano, Syrah and Merlot.In the glass we have a bright deep purple color. On the nose we fi..
58.30€
Ex Tax:47.02€
An interesting rosé wine from a blend of selected Mavrotragano and Mavrothiriko grapes that come from Tinos. It has a bright salmon color. The aromas consist of red fruits, flowers, tomatoes, citrus zest, followed by hints of herbs. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, with good acidity and a pleasant aftert..
19.60€ 24.50€
Ex Tax:15.81€
It has a purple color. The aromas consist of black fruits, spices, cocoa, tobacco, followed by herbal notes. Mouthfeel is medium+ bodied, with pleasant acidity, moderate tannins and a lasting aftertaste...
11.50€ 14.50€
Ex Tax:9.27€
Antonis Argyros in Exo Gonia Santorini and in the wonderful Art Space Winery creates wines that demonstrate the formality of the varieties but also the uniqueness of the terroir of the island.Here we have a wine from the native variety Mavrotragano, where it aged for 28 months in the barrel and was ..
58.00€
Ex Tax:46.77€
Dark red color, sweet aromas of black fruit, leather, tobacco and oak, but also strong earthy feel with light minerality. Round mouthsense with a high level body and with excellent balance in taste. Great aftertaste...
38.50€ 39.70€
Ex Tax:31.05€
In the picturesque island of Sikinos, in the northwestern part and at an altitude of 400 meters, stretch the terraces of the Manalis winery, overlooking the Aegean sea. The red wine of the winery is created from the varieties Mavrotragano and Limnio. On the face we find a ruby color. In the aromatic..
17.40€
Ex Tax:14.03€-300x300.png "Santo Wines Mavrotragano 2021")
A deep red wine with complex, spicy nose combining aromas of ripe black fruit with black pepper, juniper berries, and ink, vanilla and oak. Concentrated mouthsense, full, with a good structure and rich tannins. Long aftertaste...
29.90€ 31.00€
Ex Tax:24.11€
Dark red color with a sweet nose full of aromas of fresh red fruit, with a touch of jam and spoon sweets, but also subtle hints of pepper, cinnamon, leather and oak wood. Medium volume mouthsense, with plenty of fruit and a soft character. Soft tannins and a pleasant aftertaste with a moderate dura..
10.80€ 13.50€
Ex Tax:8.71€
In the glass the color is deep ruby. On the nose we find ripe red and black fruits, but also sweet spices. The body is full, the acidity is good and the aftertaste is long lasting...
20.80€ 26.00€
Ex Tax:16.77€
An enchanting and intense magenta color is presented in the glass. The nose has a high complexity, with a combination of ripe black fruits, spices and purple flowers coming up fromnt, but notes such as leather and ink round out the aromatic profile. The body is full, the tannins dense but rounded an..
34.90€ 36.00€
Ex Tax:28.15€
A limited bottling wine with a deep red color, with aromas of fresh black fruit, minerality and earthy feeling. Good density body and spicy tannins, which will evolve with time, they will be rounded off and soften. Strong sense of barrel in the aftertaste and lightly bitter...
42.30€ 43.60€
Ex Tax:34.11€