Boutari named “Greek Winery of the Year” by Wine & Spirits for 12th time!
For the 12th time, Wine & Spirits magazine has named Boutari “Greek Winery of the Year.”
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“Where Boutari goes,” writes veteran wine writer Tara Thomas, “other people follow.”
Here are some highlights from the profile:
“The company’s biggest success story is Santorini…Today, others have joined Boutari in making top-notch Santorini wines – and yet Boutari remains a standard bearer, with Santorinis such as the 2008, an intense experience of this volcanic island.”
“Their latest success is with malagousia… Grown by Roxane Matsa, a self-proclaimed grape fanatic who has worked with the Boutaris for years… it’s sumptuous with heady peach flavor, from the pleasantly bitter skin to the drippingly juicy flesh, right down to the almond-toned pit, yet as cleanly defined as an eau-de-vie, the acidity holding it to an elegant line.”
“And as for Naoussa wines… Boutari’s have become softer, fruitier and more approachable over the years, while their top wine, the Grande Reserve, remains the benchmark. The 2004 is a case in point: Chewy and ferrous, with sinewy tannin giving the lithe dried cherry and tomato flavors an elegant, if firm, line, and redolent with forest floor scents, it is a lovely rendition of this cool, damp, northerly land and its curious, formerly unloved grape.”
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