Tselepos Avlotopi Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

Drink it now or cellar for up to 15 years. It is recommended to decant it for an hour.

The Tselepos estate is the private project of Yiannis Tselepos, who founded it in 1989. He began his career in Burgundy and returned to Greece in 1980 to settle in Mantinia, where he worked as a consultant for a decade and was one of the first winemakers to re-evaluate the cultivation and use of the local Moschofilero variety. His philosophy is based on the promotion of Greek indigenous grape varieties, but the winery also produces some beautiful wines from international grape varieties.

Avlotopi is located in Tegea (in the Arcadia region, in the Peloponnese) where the Cabernet Sauvignon vines grow at an altitude of about 750 meters with a north-west orientation on clayey-rocky soil. The low yields per hectare guarantee the exceptional quality of this wine. The harvest takes place in October, which gives the fruit the maximum ripeness. The production takes place through classic red vinification with a long extraction period of 25 days. The wine is then left to mature for 15 months in new oak barrels.

A deep cherry color shimmers in the glass. On the nose, there are dense aromas of red berries and black cherries, vanilla, coffee, spices and toast notes. In the mouth, it is rich and powerful with finely structured tannins and marked acidity. It’s perfect with lamb, spicy greek sausages or grilled liver.