𝕍𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕚𝕤 𝕒 𝕡𝕚𝕔𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕦𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕕𝕦𝕔𝕖𝕤 𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 – 𝔹𝕚𝕝𝕝 ℍ𝕪𝕓𝕣𝕝𝕤
Thanks to the inventiveness and creativity of Vangelis Gerovassiliou of Ktima Gerovassiliou winery, he revived the nearly extinct Malagousia by planting vines on the slopes of Epanomi, Greece in 1981. He continues to study, research and experiment with both indigenous Greek and international varieties, always delivering consistently high quality wines of traditional and distinct characteristics of the terroir.
This single vineyard 20 year old vines are surrounded on three sides by the sea with soils rich in sand rich in sea deposits, clay and calcareous rocks. After a short maceration on the skins to extract aromas and flavors, followed by vilification is done mostly in stainless steel tanks with 20% in French oak barrels. The wine undergoes 2 months of lees ageing with regular bâtonnage to add texture and body.
𝕂𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕒 𝔾𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕧𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕠𝕦 𝕄𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕘𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕒 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟙
Pours in the glass a bright golden color. An aromatic swirl gives way to exotic ripe mango, guava, pear and citrus fruits along with anise, wild herbs and juniper berries. Bone-dry beauty with prominent lemon peel, spicy guava, chalky minerality, honeysuckle and a vibrantly fresh acidity. This medium bodied wine has so much energy, verve and wildness – if you love Chardonnay I suggest you give Malagousia a try. You’re welcome.
Paired with a classic Greek dish “kotopoulo skorthat” which translates to garlic lemon roasted chicken. I took it to another level and tray baked it all with potatoes which all developed a nice caramelization, added kalamata olives and capers at the end. 💥