Jeanette Bangs

9.4

"A man needs a little madness or else - he never dares cut the rope and be free."
This wine 🍷 will help you cut the rope! ☺️ — 6 days ago

John Chawluk

9.2

Great flavor, medium bodied. Not over oaked. In my opinion best wine of the week, although Manousakis is close. — a year ago

with Scotti

Jay Kline

8.9

Popped and poured; no formal notes. The wine is light ruby with abundant ripe red bramble fruits, bruised strawberry, warm spices. The structure is basically medium; medium tannin and medium acid. Not the most complex Grenache out there but it gives me a lot of Southern Rhone vibes. Tasty. — 3 years ago

David Shaw

9.0

Kotsifali grape grown in the Kamari region of western Crete in Greece, is made in the Marouvas style for a “more gentle” wine. Made by a female winemaker. No idea what Kapnapi is but try their website at lyrakis.com On initial pour, light to moderate pigment extraction, red plum in color, very good clarity. Aromas of unripe cherries and wood with a hint of butter/butyric. Soft mouthfeel, lightly flavored but a tad viscous. 14.9% alc/vol but not hot. Light mint and herbal notes in aftertaste. Quite different a wine, tasty but I’m not sure what I should be looking for in this variety. Good craft here, keep fighting the good fight against the patriarchy! Paired well with green chicken enchiladas as the snow was coming down outside. 24 hours later, light chewy tannins emerge, along with grape fruit, soft acid, and just a bit of aldehydic-sherry character. Fun wine, savory, not fruit forward. I’d decant it though. Would like to revisit this one. — 3 years ago

barak heller hayun

9.1

lovely 🇬🇷 rose from indigenous liatko grape.

creamy unripe red fruit with grapefruit pith and peel. — 6 years ago

Bart van Wijngaarden

8.9

Medium bodied, good concentration and length, with floral and melon flavours. A very good vibrant wine. Conceptually somewhere between a Godello and a Chenin Blanc. — 6 years ago

Angelo Casagrande

9.0

Lots of minerals and salinity in the bone dry wine. Great summer sipper. — a month ago

Ed Ryder

9.1

A real bargain. Lovely and light pinot like scent and lovely acidity. Very drinkable. Scent of raspberry’s and wild strawberries. — 10 months ago

Jay Kline

9.2

Popped and poured; consumed over an hour. The 2018 Nostros Blend is an interesting combination of Rhône varieties. A GSM with a touch of Roussanne. The wine pours a deep garnet color with medium+ viscosity; faint staining of tears. On the nose, a combination of ripe and stewed red, black and blue fruits, oiled leather ball glove, black pepper, olive tapenade, salmiakki, tomato leaf, dry rocky minerals and just a hint of warm spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium (+?) tannin, medium acid. Alcohol is medium + but comes across a touch hot. Finish is long and spicy. My favorite red so far from Manousakis. Should drink well through the end of the decade. I can sense Laurence Féraud’s hand on this ❤️ — 3 years ago

stratos83

9.0

This wine is exceptional for this price. Intense acidity is what gets you! — 5 years ago

stratos83

9.0

First time vilana! — 5 years ago

John Willison

9.0

Tropical, Mediterranean nose. Passion fruit, fennel, olives, dried citrus. Interesting. — 6 years ago

Lyn Farmer

9.0

40% Syrah, 40% Mourvèdre, 20% Grenache “Young Vines” 14.5% abc
This is a lovely Côte-du-Rhône-style red blend, albeit one with more syrah than grenache. Deep ruby, pretty black fruit, firm acidity. Great fruit presence with enough earthiness to give it some complexity. Plenty of acidity to make it a versatile pairing with food. Great restaurant wine. — 8 years ago

John Osgood

9.0

Beautiful Crete wine. Easy drinking. — 7 months ago

Daniel Akers

9.0

Crisp, salty, delicious. — 9 months ago

Nick Farrell

9.4

Would by again. — 2 years ago

Jay Kline

9.0

Popped and poured; no formal notes. 100% Mandilari from the Plakoura vineyard on Crete. It has seen a mix of new and used oak; French and American. This was really lovely after about 30min of air. Though darker complected, this is mid-weight red with lovely freshness. Bright plums and bramble fruits with some dry stony earth, dried herbs and a strong spine of minerals. Tannins are medium; acid is medium+. Long finish. This rocked with my traditional meal of goat prepared in “staka” (which made it unbelievably tender) with potatoes. — 3 years ago

Chris Nagle

8.9

Heavy barnyard nose — 5 years ago

with Pooja

Sean Patrick McGinley

8.9

Good table blend. Would pair well with spicy. — 6 years ago

David Tedman

9.0

Honey, green grapes, melon, kiwi, light mineral and sweetness. — 7 years ago

with Caty