Alpha Estate, Xinomavro Hedgehog Vineyard, Amyndeon, Greece, 2012

This Xinomavro is seductive with raspberry and blueberry on the nose complemented by crushed violet petals, garrigue herbs and wet slate after a spring downpour.

Somehow redolent of Piemonte, Toscana and the Rhône all at once. The palate is soft and sumptuous yet steadfast. Some black cherry, black pepper and graphite.