The Growing Environment and Grape Growing - Grape varieties - Black grapes
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What are the main black varieties of Greece?
Agiorgitiko and Xinomavro
(ex) Where is Agiorgitiko cultivated, what are key characteristics and the style of wine produced?
- St. George - Black variety of Greece, most planted black.
- 3rd grape of Greece
- Mainly in Peloponnese and esp. PDO Nemea
- Ripe red fruit and jammy (when extra ripe), sweet spices
- Popular with consumers
- Versatile: wide range of wines;
- light and fruity, early drinking
- full bodied, age worthy
- Rosé; high quality
- Sweet wines
Where is Xinomavro cultivated, what are key characteristics and the style of wine produced?
- Most prized indigenous black variety of Greece
- All over northern Greece, most famous in Naoussa (northern Macedonia)
- Likened to Nebbiolo; high acidity and tannins, more vegetal than fruity
- Pale to garnet
- Benefits from long bottle ageing; likes oak, can age for decades
- Complex aromas; flowers, herbs, spices, leather, earthiness
- Change to more accessible wines; lower acidity, more fruit, new oak
- Blending with Merlot to soften the edges
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