Agiorgitiko - Lysimelis, Papantonis Winery, Nemea, Griekenland
Lysimelis, dessertwijn van de Griekse Agiorgitiko druif.
In het glas robijnrood met een randje terracotta. In de neus aroma's van gedroogde pruim, vijg en iets likeur. De smaak is licht zoet met gedroogd rood fruit, vijgen en zachte tannines.
Lysimelis is a red, sweet wine made exclusively from the Agiorgitiko grapes variety.
The grapes used are allowed to mature fully on the vine under careful supervision, thus obtaining the highest possible concentration of sugars. After harvest, classical red vinification is applied which stops at 15% Vol. leaving a great percentage of unfermented sugars. In addition, the wine ages in French oak barrels. Lysimelis is produced in a limited number of bottles. You can drink it as an aperitif slightly cooled, but it is an ideal drink to accompany your dessert at room temperature.
The name LYSIMELIS derives from the word ‘lyo’ for “loosen up” and the word ‘melos’ for “part of the human body”. We find it used as an adjective to describe wine in the poetry of Hedylus (3rd cent. BC): ‘lysimelis bacchus’. This wine loosens up and relaxes the muscles of our body through its sweetness and hedonism.
Wijn&spijs: vanille, verfijnd rood fruit, amandel, speculaas, Oosters zoet, honing, paté, oranje en blauwe kazen.
- Druivenras: Agiorgitiko
- Wijnhuis: Antonis Papantonis Winery
- Wijnregio: Protected Designation of Origin Nemea
- Inhoud: 0,375L
- Alcohol: 15%
- Schenktemperatuur: 10-12 graden
- Productiewijze: duurzaam
Antonis Papantonis was born in Athens in 1950.
After receiving his primary and secondary education in the Greek capital, he attended Hamilton College of Mason City (currently Kaplan University) in Iowa, USA, obtaining his Bachelor’s Degree in Economics.
He started his economist career in big construction corporations in Africa and Middle East and returned to Greece to continue it there. Being disillusioned though by the inner imbalance that the big-city, always-on-the-run life was making him feel, he decided to completely change course, and turn his attention to nature he always loved, the vines and the good wine.
He settled in Malandreni, a village near Argos, the hometown of his parents, and started cultivating vines. And so his winemaking journey began.
Daring, learning from mistakes, applying his cosmopolitan knowledge, paying tribute to the philosophical heritage of his homeland he treated with respect the local product he would be working with (Agiorgitiko and Rhoditis vines and grapes).
Along with his select team has always been trying to keep alive the soul of a product intewoven with local history, tradition and culture. Thus, viticulture and winemaking have been his life since 1979. He is a member of the board of E.N.O.A.P. (Association of the Wine Producers in Peloponnese) and member of Chaine des Rotisseurs.
