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Samartzis 'M', Single Origin Merlot & Mouhtaro, Central Greece 2021
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Samartzis 'M', Single Origin Merlot & Mouhtaro, Central Greece 2022
£16.90
75cl ALC 13.5%
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A full and rich wine with black cherries on the nose and palate with vanilla, chocolate and spice  flavours and an almost Pinot Noir character, followed by soft tannins and a positive, refreshing finish.

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Greece, South East Europe & Asia, Greece

Still Red

Merlot

70% Merlot, 30% Mouhtaro

Medium-bodied

Drink or Keep

2022

Beef Casserole

13.5%

75cl

Samartzis Estate Wines

Press Review

"The other red grape making strides is agiorgitiko, which is cultivated principally in Nemea in the Peloponnese. These reds are generally medium-bodied, generous and very easy to drink. The soft and silky 2019 14/27 Agiorgitiko (The Sunday Times Wine Club, £15.99) is typical of its ilk. Two more grape varieties, which you don’t see a lot of but are well worth tracking down, are kotsifali, found mainly on Crete, and mouhtaro, which is grown around the Valley of the Muses in central Greece."

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Will Lyons, The Times, Six great Greek wines for summer

July 24, 2024

Samartzis Estate Wines
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Samartzis Estate Wines

"The Samartzis winery is situated in the village of Askri in the Valley of the Muses, about 1.5 hours north-west of Athens on the way to Delphi. Proven to have great terroir for vines, with its altitude of over 400 metres above sea level, cooling winds that come down from 1,749 metres-high Mt Helicon and great exposure to sunshine, which aids the grapes to reach optimal ripeness.

The vineyards have been in the family for almost 300 years, but the wines really took off when Panos Samartzis left his career as a pharmacist in 2008 to concentrate on the winery. Working with his brother Spiros, their mission is to champion the character of the land and local grapes, so their 10 ha are dominated by Kontoura (a clone of Salvatiano), Malagousia and Mouhtaro, a late-ripening, low-yielding, local black grape that almost died out in the 1970s. They do however have small amounts of rather good Merlot, Syrah and Grenache too! Panos states: “Our primary goal is to produce terroir wines from Greek grape varieties, with a strong focus on the ‘one vineyard, one wine’ philosophy.” "

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"The winery is situated in the village of Askri in the Valley of the Muses, about 1.5 hours north-west of Athens. Vineyards at 400 m elevation. Transparent pillar-box red! Such an interesting nose! Fully evolved already and really beautifully accessible with the nose of sautéed cranberries. More character than 100% Merlot, and much more structure. Luminous somehow, and only 13.5%  VGV."

Jancis Robinson, The Bunch 2024

October 14, 2024

"A fascinating red from vineyards lying at 400m in the Valley of the Muses about 90 minutes northwest of Athens. Although the blend is weighted to Merlot (70%), the local Mouhtaro makes itself felt in the deliciously different flavour – red cherry and pomegranate with tomato, tomato-leaf, a hint of black pepper and gentle, fine-sand tannins. "

Joanna Simon, The Festive Red Wine Guide 2024, JoannaSimon.com

November 21, 2024

"Lovely, luminous Greek blend that’s already delicious in a cranberry sort of way. Recommendation: Would go with turkey."

Jancis Robinson, The Best Red Wines for Christmas 2024, Financial Times

December 14, 2024
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