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Skouras Grande Cuvée Nemea

Year

2006
Varietal

Agiorgitiko
Style

Smooth
Origin

Greece
Pairing

Meat
$30.00 $25.50 per bottle
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Origin
Located on the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece, the Nemea region’s thriving wine industry was noted by Homer in 850 B.C. and recent archeological excavations have revealed that wine was first made here 35 centuries ago. Today the appellation is regarded as the crown jewel of Greece’s modern wine industry. The key to its success is cool, high-elevation vineyards, with the finest dry wines being made from grapes grown at 1,500 feet and above.
Pairings
With concentrated spicy red fruit flavors, lively acidity and firm but ripe tannins, this wine is an amiable complement to virtually any dish. It does, however, have a special fondness for lamb, beef, goat, pork and almost any other four-legged creature. As expected, it is also delightfully well-suited to Greek cuisine. Classic partnerships include moshari yiouvetsi, a casserole made with pasta and herbed beef; meat or vegetable moussaka; and arnaki kleftiko, a slow-cooked stew featuring lamb and tomatoes.

Serve at cool room temperature (64°F).
Winemaker
A native of Argos, Greece, George Skouras studied oenology at the University of Dijon in Burgundy, France. He returned to his beloved homeland and established Domaine Skouras in 1986. With a global vision and an unflinching commitment to quality, he has helped facilitate Greece’s remarkable progress toward terroir-focused, estate-bottled wines—and has helped catapult those wines onto the world stage.
The Wine
In Nemea, the indigenous grape Agiorgitiko, also known as St. George, is king. Pronounced Ah-yor-yee-tee-ko, it consistently produces complex, concentrated wines, but the quality can vary dramatically depending on the altitude of the vineyard. The general rule is: the higher the elevation, the higher the acidity, the higher the quality. Skouras’s Grand Cuvée is comprised of 100 percent Agiorgitiko from 20-year-old vines planted at an elevation of 3,100 feet, making them among the highest vineyards in Europe.

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