2020 Markou eMeis -- Red Blend -- Attica, Greece but Montero also purchases sustainably

but Montero also purchases sustainably grown fruit from small farmers in the area

11% Mourvedre

in-bottle fermentation

a former Cistercian Monastery

2020 Markou eMeis -- Red Blend -- Attica, Greece but Montero also purchases sustainablyThe Markou estate is now being run by the fourth generation of the Markou family to organically farm the hills above Athens. This 50 50 blend of Agiorgitiko (Ah yore YEE teekoh) and Mandilaria (pronounced as it looks) is made using carbonic maceration (which would be less confusing if it were known as carbonic fermentation) meaning that the grapes are not crushed and are placed in sealed containers filled with carbon dioxide that penetrates the grapes