Domaine Zafeirakis, Malagousia Microcosmos, 2024 SPcount0226 off vines around three decades

off vines around three decades old

imparts this wine with ripe

Nepeta is a brand new amaro brand from Sicily

and while the family name alone would sell wine

the wine shines with a luminous golden hue

Domaine Zafeirakis, Malagousia Microcosmos, 2024 SPcount0226 off vines around three decadesMalagousia was nearly extinct a few decades ago, and Malagousia was rescued from near extinction by Vangelis Gerovassiliou and Vassilis Logothetis; Zafeirakis is instead known for reviving the red grape Limniona and championing Malagousia in Tyrnavos. Microcosmos is his single vineyard expression from old vines on flinty clay soils in Tyrnavos, in the heart of Thessaly, farmed organically and made without oak to keep everything vivid. This is a