2024 Agiorgitiko, Select Vines, Kanakaris

• Style: Concentrated dark-fruited Greek red
• Taste: Blackberry, raspberry, clove, chocolate with velvety tannins
• Food: Grilled lamb, feta mezze, stews & braises, roast dinners
• Occasion: Weeknight drinking, Sunday lunch
• Serve: Now through 2027, 13% ABV, food-friendly

In the Glass — Tasting Notes

Dark ruby hued with blackberry and raspberry at its core, framed by clove, tobacco and wild-herb whispers. Rich dark-fruit character and chocolate resonance held in check by velvety tannins and a clean, balanced finish. This is drinking wine — not austere, not over-extracted, just delicious and food-ready.

The Winery — Kanakaris

Michalis Kanakaris planted his first vines in Aigialeia, a region where mountain elevation and sea proximity create conditions unlike anywhere else in the Peloponnese. Three generations later, his family continues to work closely with like-minded growers, farming high-altitude vineyards between 450 and 1150 metres above sea level. The 2024 vintage proved brutal—six months of water scarcity and summer heat stressed the vines—but ocean breezes and cool mornings preserved fruit of remarkable concentration. Hand-harvested, cold-soaked for three days at 10°C, and fermented slowly over twelve days in cool temperatures, the wine then rested in previously-used oak for half a year, building texture and roundness while respecting the varietal's true character.

At Your Table — Food Pairing & Serving

At 13% ABV with balanced pH, this is a food-friendly wine born for the table. Drink it now through the next 3–4 years over grilled lamb, feta-heavy mezze, stews and braises, roast dinners, or any savoury Mediterranean plate. The 2024 proved why Agiorgitiko, Greece's most versatile indigenous red grape, commands such respect among serious drinkers. If you've not yet explored what this grape can deliver at this level of care, this 90-point wine is your entry point. Browse our wider Agiorgitiko selection to discover how this varietal shifts and surprises across Greece.