Wine: Paranga Red
Vintage: 2004
Date: 24/01/2007
From Greek vines come sleek wines – Pick of the Week
The reference grape for this bright, fruity Greek red is barbera. Kir Yianni’s blend is predominantly xinomavro, the rest agiorghitiko (don’t worry, there won’t be a quiz), made in an all-stainless style. Ripe, sweet scents of fresh-picked cherries and spicy raspberries greet your sniffer, and the wine follows with forward, balanced, strikingly clean and polished fruit flavors. Tired of $15 pinot noirs that taste like Kool-Aid (or worse yet, a walk down the tomato aisle at your favorite nursery)? Grab this jewel, roast a turkey, and be glad that you can get all this flavor at just 12.5 percent alcohol. (Unique)