Wine and Spirits magazine - October 2008 edition, pages 65 & 67 2005 Kappa P62 - Rating 90:
“YEAR’S BEST- GREECE” category: “Syrah’s plummy flavors fill out Xinomavro’s lean tannic structure, lending this a modern plushness. An underlying broad earthiness tethers it to northern Greece.” 2006 Klima 100% - Rating 87: “BEST BUY” category “From a new winery in Amyndeo, this is light but spot-on Xinomavro, chewy with spice, cherries and ferrous tannins. It’s a terrific weight for summer drinking with grilled salmon.”
Wine Spectator magazine - November 15th, 2007 edition, page 206: 2005 Kappa P62 - Rating 88:
“A bright, elegant red, with delicious red cherry, plum, and currant flavors, backed up medium grained tannins. Has a long, spice-filled finish.” 2005 Klima 100% - Rating 87: “This has a Pinot-like elegance, with pretty spice, dried cherry and berry flavors. Structured and balanced, with notes of sandalwood on the finish.”
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Ray Isle - Senior editor - Food and Wine Magazine: Ray’s Pick- Best New Greek Wine: Klima 100% - Feb 2009
This 100% Xinomavro bottling shows off the variety’s distinctive dried-cherry flavors and streamlined tannic structure. http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/best-new-greek-wines-red
“.....and the restaurant paired it a perfect Autumn wine, the 2005 Pavlou Kappa P62 Xinomavro/Syrah, a robust red full of black cherry fruit. It had Xinomavro's classically elegant aromatics (reminiscent of Nebbiolo), yet with the Greek variety's sometimes harsh tannic attack given a velvety wrapping by the plush Syrah fruit. I've decided that this is without question my new go-to wine.....”
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“......and one of the best wines of his that I tasted was an intriguing Xynomavro/Riesling blend, the 2006 Pavlou Kappa P11. It's medium bodied, with orange rind and apple aromas, intense acidity (that's a good thing), wonderful texture, and berry notes.”
“Also impressively good was the 2005 Pavlou Klima, a 100% Xynomavro, vinified red and aged half in stainless steel and half in barrels. I thought it was just a steal of a wine, with aromas of licorice and sweet berries, a pretty translucent red color, light smoke and tar notes, vibrant berry fruit, stiff tannins, a hint of licorice and citrusy acidity. Roast chicken with herbs, veal milanese, lamb shank, its pairing possibilities are appealingly wide-ranging...”
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David Rosengarten - The David Rosengarten Report:
2004 Kappa P62: “I know this is a mouthful--but it is to drink as well as pronounce! Medium ruby-garnet. Plummy, red-currant nose with hints of herbs and tobacco. Dead-on Syrah-like black pepper emerges on the palate, which is graceful, medium-weight, local in feel, with just a little more body than old fashioned Xinos. Not austerely dry, but fairly astringent. Lots of local character, but with a flavorful and even welcome tweak. “
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Tony Aspler - The Wine Guy
“Discovered a new Greek winery that's making very interesting wines - Pavlou-Kagas” ...read more
Dean Tudor - Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada
“The Greek wines of Pavlou-Kagas (Macedonia) were exceedingly fresh and developing...”
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