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Driopi Nemea Reserve 2012 750ml

size
750ml
country
Greece
region
Peloponnese
appellation
Nemea
WA
91
Additional vintages
2016 2014 2013 2012
WA
91
Rated 91 by Wine Advocate
The 2012 Agiorgitiko Reserve was aged for one year in new French barriques. It comes in at 14% alcohol. Compared to the restrained and refined "classic" Nemea also reviewed this issue, this is laced with oak, coffee and toast nuances, giving it richness and intensity of flavor. That said, this also features better structure and more concentrated fruit. If anything, though, the fruit has a very warm feel, exploring the limits of ripeness, no doubt. That won't detract from the oohing and ahhing that many will emit over its big everything, particularly its big flavor, but this isn't for the shy. This is a creature of this fat vintage in most respects. It is certainly an Agiorgitiko that leans to the hedonistic side, but it ultimately delivers. It will be interesting to see if it can acquire better balance in time. At the moment, pair it with richer foods and you'll be happy anyway.
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Driopi Nemea Reserve 2012 750ml

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Vintage: 2012

2012 has, so far been a positive year for wineries around the world. While it may be a little too early to speak of the wines being made in the northern hemisphere, European and North American wineries have already begun reporting that their harvesting season has been generally very good, and are predicting to continue with the kind of successes they saw in 2011. However, 2012 has been something of a late year for France, due to unpredictable weather throughout the summer, and the grapes were ripening considerably later than they did in 2011 (which was, admittedly, an exceptionally early year). French wineries are claiming, though, that this could well turn out to be advantageous, as the slow ripening will allow the resulting wines to express more flavour and features of the terroir they are grown in. The southern hemisphere has seen ideal climatic conditions in most of the key wine producing countries, and Australia and New Zealand particularly had a superb year, in particular with the Bordeaux varietal grapes that grow there and which love the humidity these countries received plenty of. Also enjoying a fantastic year for weather were wineries across Argentina and Chile, with the Mendoza region claiming that 2012 will be one of their best vintages of the past decade. Similar claims are being made across the Chilean wine regions, where Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Sauvignon had an especially good year. These two grape varietals also produced characterful wines on the coastal regions of South Africa this year.
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Country: Greece

As one of the oldest wine producing countries in the world, Greece has millenia of experience and expertise when it comes to viticulture, and has developed a set of flavors and characteristics which are found nowhere else on earth. The ancient Greeks revered and deified wine, and were the first true innovators in the history of wine, adding everything from seawater to honey and spices in order to find exciting new taste combinations and aromas. Today, Greek wines are just as varied, although far more refined and sophisticated than their ancient counterparts. The practice of enhancing Greek wines with aromatic substances never left the country, though, as can be seen in the popular Retsina wines, which use pine resin to provide their unique taste and aroma combinations. There is far more to Greek wine than merely Retsina, however, and the vast variety on offer is a testament to the expertise of Greek wineries making the most of the wonderful climate, terrain and grape varietals they work with.