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| Wines |
Article No.
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Grape
varieties |
Year |
Pack. |
| Amethystos
Rouge |
4851 |
Cabernet
Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Limnio |
2004 |
12 |
| Amethystos
Rosé |
4852 |
Cabernet
Sauvignon |
2002 |
12 |
| Amethystos
Fumé |
4854 |
Sauvignon
Blanc |
2001 |
12 |
| Château
Julia Assyrtiko |
4856 |
Assyrtiko |
2001 |
6 |
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| "Kostas
Lazaridis opened his winery in Adriani, Drama in 1992. The well-heeled
Lazaridis family is a major exporter of marble. With no lack of resources,
Kostas financed and supervised this venture, designed to put Greece
on the export map. At that time, with the wine revolution in Greece
quietly underway, his winery joined a small group of well-financed
operations that aimed to chip away at the hegemony of the country's
largest producers, competing against them by establishing a market
in which quality would be the new standard. With wise planning and
sufficient resources to execute his concept, the venture has been
an unqualified success. Today, annual production nears a million bottles
and the highly regarded Amethystos and Château Julia labels
have played a major role in changing the way consumers in foreign
markets view Greek wine. |
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From
the outset, the Lazaridis concept embraced the notion that Western
varieties were essential to changing foreign perceptions about Greek
winemaking. It also met the needs of a domestic market thirsting for
a more cosmopolitan flavors in their wines. An initial orientation
towards Bordeaux varieties, however, was based on more than just market
analysis: the microclimate, cooler and more continental than most
of Greece, is well-suited to the production of French cultivars. There
was also faith that native varieties had an important role to play,
too. |
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vineyard area now exceeds 110 hectares. Plantings include Cabernet,
Merlot, Limnió, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Viognier
and Assyrtiko. Organic cultivation plays an increasingly important
role in product development. In keeping with the style on which the
original, fairly hip reputation of the winery was built, the wines
do not shy away from the display of fruit. Framing lots of fruit in
a dignified manner has always been a hallmark." |
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Text and
photos courtesy of Nick Cobb, greekwinemakers.com |
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Antonopoulos
Averoff
Biblia Chora
Creta Olympias
Driopi
Evharis
Gerovassiliou
Harlaftis
Hatzimichalis
Kyr-Yianni
Constantin Lazaridis
Mercouri
Pavlidis
Samos Cooperative
Sigalas
Strofilià
Tselepos
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