Winner Details

Greece

 

Award winners

Found 23 wines

Greece

Gikas Winery Cabernet Sauvignon 2019, Slopes of Kithaironas, Greece

Gold medal winner By the glass

'A big boy – full, deep, concentrated and very good value. A good pair for lamb with mint and artichoke.'
Daniel Marzotto, SketchThis wine has good herbal development with elegant fruit - not over ripe and layers of aged pyrazines.'
Dion Wai, Raffles Hotel at the OWO, London 'Ripe, well-defined red and black fruit with dried herbs. Lovely savoury, balsamic notes.'
Kayleigh Vidler, The Chesil Rectory

£14.17 Size: 75cl LWC Drinks

Domaine Chatzivaritis, Goumenissa PDO, Kilkis, 2021, Goumenissa, Greece

Gold medal winner By the glass

'Fully flavourous. Tannic but velvety.'
Daniel Marzotto, Sketch 'Very ripe with a pleasant oak presence and savoury development. Tannin very high but ripe.'
Kayleigh Vidler, The Chesil Rectory 'Wonderful well-knit fruit and super concentrated.'
Yuri Gualeni, Louie London

£24.03 Size: 75cl Alliance Wine

Malagousia, Ktima Gerovassiliou 2024, Epanomi, Macedonia, Greece

Gold medal winner By the glass

'Aromatic with lovely richness on both nose and palate. A great match with Thai cuisine.'
Daniel Marzotto, Sketch 'Super-pronounced aromatics – tropical fruit, rose floral notes. Lovely medium acidity, ripeness and balance with ABV. Great typicity for varietal. Lovely long fruit-driven finish.'
Youthful and delicious. Kayleigh Vidler, The Chesil Rectory

£18.94 Size: 75cl Hallgarten & Novum Wines

Assyrtiko, Monograph, Gaia Wines 2024, Peloponnese, Peloponnese, Greece

Gold medal winner By the glass

'Great varietial typicity, structure and finish. Delicious. Long finish and pleasant complex bitter almond.'
Dion Wai, Raffles Hotel at the OWO, London 'Great pure aromatic intensity, balance of high acidity and ripeness of fruit. Lovely stone fruit finish and salinity. Good example of typicity.'
Kayleigh Vidler, The Chesil Rectory 'Ticks all boxes, aromatic fruit, mineral, acid and weight.'
Yuri Gualeni, Louie London

£14.14 Size: 75cl Hallgarten & Novum Wines

Xinomavro, Terre de Zeus, Navitas Winery 2021, Pieria, Macedonia, Greece

Gold medal winner By the glass

'Drying red fruit and rust and iron - showing more development, mid weight and long drying tannin. Potential for aging.'
Dion Wai, Raffles Hotel at the OWO, London 'Pronounced, well defined red and black fruit. Spice, leather and earthiness.'
Kayleigh Vidler, The Chesil Rectory 'Bloody, gamey and intense with sweet spices and warmth. The tannins are intense and well structured.'
Yuri Gualeni, Louie London

£20.11 Size: 75cl Hallgarten & Novum Wines

Assyrtiko, 'Ammonite', Santorini, Gaia Wines 2022, Santorini, Santorini, Greece

Gold medal winner Critics Choice

'A full, concetrated and rich wine, high in alcohol with petrol and flinty notes.'
Daniel Marzotto, Sketch 'Lovely complexity on nose – oak, ripe tropical, stone and orchard friut. Round and generous body, balancing high acidity and ABV. Long complex finish. A great wine for ageing.'
Kayleigh Vidler, The Chesil Rectory

£64.35 Size: 75cl Hallgarten & Novum Wines

Xinomavro Reserve Vielles Vignes, Single Block Barba Yannis, Alpha Estate 2021, Amyndeon, Macedonia, Greece

Gold medal winner By the glass

'Very ample aroma profile. Full, deep and full of freshness.'
Daniel Marzotto, Sketch 'Tart cranberry, carbonic and all sorts. Austere palate but true to the variety with a hard mineral finish.'
Dion Wai, Raffles Hotel at the OWO, London 'Dried flowers and macerated fruit, grapefruit and spice mingles towards fleshy elegance. Ballerina on steroids.'
Yuri Gualeni, Louie London

£27.21 Size: 75cl

Spiropoulos Nemea Unoaked Red 2023, Nemea, Peloponnese, Greece

Silver medal winner

'Fresh and spicy at the nose with a nice acidity.'
Daniel Marzotto, Sketch 'Mediterranean maquis, bramble fruit, sweet and a delicious palate of cherries.'
Yuri Gualeni, Louie London.

£13.49 Size: 75cl Amathus

Avaton, Ktima Gerovassiliou 2021, Epanomi, Macedonia, Greece

Silver medal winner

'Medium acidity with a full body and elegant tannins.'
Daniel Marzotto, Sketch 'Ripe subdued nose and baked fruit on the palate.'
Dion Wai, Raffles Hotel at the OWO, London 'Perfume and musk on the nose along with red and black fruit. High tannins add bitterness to this full bodied wine.'
Kayleigh Vidler, The Chesil Rectory

£22.83 Size: 75cl Hallgarten & Novum Wines

Malagouzia, Single Vineyard Turtles, Alpha Estate 2023, Florina, Macedonia, Greece

Silver medal winner

'Soft floral nose and a mouthfilling texture along with good acid line. Soft stone fruit intensity.'
Dion Wai, Raffles Hotel at the OWO, London 'Winemaking complexity and pronounced intensity. Ripe lychee and mango nose and generous rich body. Integrated acid and ABV. Ther's a long, slightly leesy, rose petal finish.'
Kayleigh Vidler, The Chesil Rectory 'Citrus, floral, cool, mineral, precise.'
Yuri Gualeni, Louie London

£14.87 Size: 75cl Hallgarten & Novum Wines

Xinomavro Single Vineyard Hedgehog 2022, Pdo Amyndeon , Macedonia, Greece

Silver medal winner

'Dried tomoato, dried red fruit, red apple skin and dried red florals, well-integrated acid and tannin. Hibiscus and a little granitic.'
Dion Wai, Raffles Hotel at the OWO, London 'Floral, crunchy fruit, elegant and subtle.'
Yuri Gualeni, Louie London

£19.17 Size: 75cl

Ecosystem Xinomavro Single Block Barba Yiannis 2021, Pdo Amyndeon , Macedonia, Greece

Silver medal winner

'Dense, layered and perfumed, dried herbs, salt and rosemary with red liquorice. Keeps going. Potential for days.'
Dion Wai, Raffles Hotel at the OWO, London 'Delicious fruit and bitter sweet, tannic acid balance bringing out the ethereal side of the grape.'
Yuri Gualeni, Louie London

£27.92 Size: 75cl

Rosé Single Vineyard Hedgehog 2024, Pdo Amyndeon , Macedonia, Greece

Silver medal winner

'This medium-bodied, medium-acidity wine has notes of peach, nectarines and bunch of flowers.'
Daniel Marzotto, Sketch 'Under-ripe stone fruit, but a quiet nose on this dry classic. A nice alternative for Provence.'
Dion Wai, Raffles Hotel at the OWO, London 'Good intensity, there's red fruit, floral and vegetal spices.'
Yuri Gualeni, Louie London

£20.83 Size: 75cl Hallgarten & Novum Wines

Gaia Estate, Gaia Wines 2021, Nemea, Peloponnese, Greece

Silver medal winner

'Plush purple and blue fruits, with menthol and high alcohol evkoes After 8 chocolate mint. Big concentration and wood tannin. Potential for aging.'
Dion Wai, Raffles Hotel at the OWO, London 'Pronounced, smokey, jammy and meaty. Creamy. Some lovely development.'
Kayleigh Vidler, The Chesil Rectory

£33.15 Size: 75cl Hallgarten & Novum Wines

Santo Santorini Assyrtiko 2022, Santorini, Aegean Islands, Greece

Bronze medal winner

'Good attack, firm bone line acid, stony and steely.'
Dion Wai, Raffles Hotel at the OWO, London 'Zingy acid, almost berrocca. Medium aromatic intensity, pleasant peachy stone fruit and some pleasant bottle development.'
Kayleigh Vidler, The Chesil Rectory

£22.93 Size: 75cl Matthew Clark Bibendum Limited

Axia 2022, Florina, Macdeonia, Greece

Bronze medal winner

' Fleshy plum, spicy acid, purple florals, and a warm on the finish' Dion Wai, Raffles Hotel at the OWO, London 'Young, ethereal and austere.'
Yuri Gualeni, Louie London

£14.79 Size: 75cl Hallgarten & Novum Wines

Malagouzia Single Vineyard Turtles 2024, Florina, Macedonia, Greece

Bronze medal winner

'Lovely nose full of flavours, mineral, medium acidity.'
Daniel Marzotto, Sketch 'Banana, herbal, floral, red apple, green pineapple nose. Pronounced intensity and a floral and beeswax finish.'
Kayleigh Vidler, The Chesil Rectory

£15.62 Size: 75cl

Xinomavro, Single Vineyard Hedgehog, Alpha Estate 2021, Amyndeon, Macedonia, Greece

Bronze medal winner

'Fresh and fruity with a quite persistant nose and palate.'
Daniel Marzotto, Sketch 'Great nose of flowers and red fruit goes into subtle spices and a moreish finish.'
Yuri Gualeni, Louie London

£18.85 Size: 75cl

Sauvignon Blanc/Mouhtaro Rosé, A.MUSE, Muses Estate 2023, Valley of the Muses, Central Greece, Greece

Bronze medal winner

'White strawberry and white cranberry with a good mouthfeel.'
Dion Wai, Raffles Hotel at the OWO, London 'Balanced acidity and medium body carry rosewater, lychee, melon and strawberry. The ABV is well integrated.'
Kayleigh Vidler, The Chesil Rectory 'Grassy notes from Sauvignon Blanc are deifintely counterparted from rich plum from Mataro.'
Yuri Gualeni, Louie London

£18.62 Size: 75cl Hallgarten & Novum Wines

Assyrtiko, Terre de Zeus, Navitas Winery 2022, Pieria, Macedonia, Greece

Bronze medal winner

'Ripe sappy fruit with a good finish' Dion Wai, Raffles Hotel at the OWO, London 'Slight reduction on nose and some use of oak. This wine has a lanolin, almost waxy texture but efreshing acidity, with fruit profile more melon and orchard.'
Kayleigh Vidler, The Chesil Rectory ;Cantaloup and stone fruits within good citrus oils' Yuri Gualeni, Louie London

£19.56 Size: 75cl Hallgarten & Novum Wines

Gikas Winery Assyrtiko 2023, Slopes of Kithaironas, Greece

Bronze medal winner

'Varietial character with more texture.'
Dion Wai, Raffles Hotel at the OWO, London 'A demonstration of interesting winemaking techniques for texture' Kayleigh Vidler, The Chesil Rectory

£11.45 Size: 75cl LWC Drinks

Domaine Chatzivariti, Mosaic White (PGI- Slopes of Paiko), Kilkis 2024, Goumenissa, Greece

Bronze medal winner

'Phenolicaly pleasant with white stone fruit, incense smoke and rocks. Nice rose.'
Light, delicate, floral and a lovely light pink hue. Soft red fruits on the palate.'
Kayleigh Vidler, The Chesil Rectory

£15.03 Size: 75cl Alliance Wine

Vindiano, Oenops 2023, Wine of Greece, Greece

Bronze medal winner

'Notes of herbal bay leaf and Mediterranean shrubs. Salty with good weight and acid, and a phenolic herbal finish' Dion Wai, Raffles Hotel at the OWO, London 'A Chablis vibe with texture – greengage, umami and mineral notes.'
Yuri Gualeni, Louie London

£18.82 Size: 75cl Hallgarten & Novum Wines