Domaine Ligas Moschomavro Pella Red 2020

Domaine Ligas Moschomavro Pella Red 2020Pella, in central Macedonia, is a very fertile landscape, unlike the rocky, poor soils that most Greek winemakers contend with. Wine has long been a part of this region, dating back to the 4th century BCE. Euripedes' most well regarded tragic play The Bacchae was even written and set here in 405 BCE, and deals with Dionysos and his followers. Thomas Ligas, who started the estate in 1985, was of a generation of Greek winemakers who learned their trade

and Gamay in California instead of the Bordeaux or Burgundian varieties like Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay

Being kept in a snow-covered cave surely helped this to age as gracefully as it has

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It's lively and juicy

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Vines from 3 parcels of centenarian vines in the La Coruja area

The Mondeuse comes from flatter

This is a wine that could not be made anywhere else

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is constantly threatened by oceanfront development in the forms of hotels and tony real estate

A little pine and foresty herbaceousness are mixed in with ripe cherries

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