CUVEE LANTIDES

The Best Wine & Deli in Athens

Type: Red, Dry
Category: Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) Peloponnese
Varieties:
30% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 40% Agiorgitiko
Producer: Lantides Winery
Region: Nemea

Where does it come from?

Privately owned estate vineyard at Asprokampos in Nemea (altitude 600m) – 6,648 bottles/year.

The three varieties are aged for 24 months in oak barrels. After bottling, they will age in the winery’s underground cellars for another 12 months.

Aromatically, it shows ripe forest red fruits, primarily blackberry and gooseberry. The strong tannins, excellent body, and balance are sufficient for it to age for up to ten years at a stable temperature of 14°C.

The variety...

Agiorgitiko (pronounced AYE-yor-YEE-tee-ko) is a captivating grape variety that caresses the senses with elegance, freshness and intensity of aromas and flavours.

It is a red grape variety and is frequently referred to as “multi-dynamic”, since it is capable of producing a large range of styles, it is a remarkably versatile grape variety, and is used to make everything from refreshing rosés, delicious dry reds to concentrated sweet wines. Agiorgitiko is the sole variety permitted in the Nemea appellation and performs admirably well in the hot Mediterranean climate there.

Discover the unique character of the grape by choosing one of Cinque’s wine tastings or enjoy it by the glass at wine bars in Athens.

The winery...

Lantides estate is a family winery established in 1993 by Lantides Panikos with a goal of promoting Greek quality wine.

The climate and soil of Nemea attracted Panikos to cultivate fine varieties such as Agiorgitiko, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chardonnay, Moschofilero, Asyrtiko and Malagouzia. At his first 20 acres, he cultivated a white variety, Chardonnay, and a year later a red variety followed, Agiorgitiko, which was meant to be our mounting variety for the years coming.