This is Part 2 from my Instagram best of and if you have not checked the Greek favourites, you can see them here [1]. Remember, this is the selection of wines that gathered the most Likes on my Instagram account.
Τhis year, I traveled the world over, from Italy (Alto Piemonte, Alto Adige and Valpolicella) to Australia to Washington and Oregon with a little bit of Champagne and Israel. Many of the wines, on this list, I tasted on my travels to these places. This is why amongst them you will find examples that are particularly precious or hard to find. Nevertheless, no matter how intensively I try to taste when I am at these different places, there are always so many more to discover, some of which I bring back with me and taste when in my country. But, in Greece I find other wines waiting, so inevitably the list includes a little bit of everything.
Wines 14 to 9
14. Quintarelli Alzero Cabernet 2007 In sum a memorable cult wine with amazing intensity, power and class. This includes 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, another 40% Cabernet Franc and 20% Merlot. (Tasted at Quintarelli).
13. Dal Forno Romano Amarone della Valpolicella 2010 Incredible wine. Like a cannon exploding in your mouth. (Tasted in Greece, Trinity fair)
12. Dormilona Clayface Chardonnay 2016. A Chardonnay outside the box fermented into amphora. Natural approach, no nothing except minimal sulphur at the bottling process. Mineral, textural with an elegant core of fruit. (Tasted in Australia)
11. JJ. Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr 2006 Auslese
10. Gran Enemigo El Cepillo Cabernet Franc 2012 Single vineyard at 1450 m altitude and a brilliant example of what Cabernet Franc can achieve in Argentina. (First tasted in Mendoza and again in Greece via HEBE)
9. The Baroli featuring Monfortino 2001 A synopsis of the Baroli Crus tasting in Athens including Giacomo Conterno, Vietti, Burlotto, Rinaldi, Mascarello and Aldo Conterno