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Kourtaki Retsina Of Attiki Wine Review

Kourtaki Retsina Of Attiki

Kourtaki Retsina Of Attiki

Central Greece P.G.I., Greece

Community Score:86/100

Community Reviews: 2

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Price: $13.95

Drink: 2023-2025

Bottle size: 750 ml

Alcohol: 11.5%

Sweetness: Extra Dry

Wine Type: White Wine


Winery: Kourtaki

Agent: Dionysus Wines & Spirits Ltd.

Natalie's Score: 86/100

Kourtaki Retsina Of Attiki is fragrant, dry and medium-bodied with lemon preserve, herbal, cedar and pine resin flavours on the palate. An acquired taste, one either loves Retsina or not. Chill and enjoy it with some traditional Greek fare like calamari, pan-fried saganaki cheese or taramosalata with black olives, fresh cut tomato and cucumber slices. Retsina is designated a traditional wine from Greece and has been made in Greece for at least the past 2000 years. Winemakers would often let wine stand in open or porous vessels and the wine would quickly spoil. However, they also discovered that sealing the vessels with pitch from Aleppo pine trees, prevented the wine for oxygenating and the wine would keep longer. This example was awarded Gold at the 2019 Sakura Japan Women's Wine Awards.

Retsina Of Attiki food pairings: grilled calamari, fried Saganaki cheese, chicken brochettes.

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This Kourtaki Retsina Of Attiki was reviewed on April 1, 2024 by Natalie MacLean

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Pricing & Stock Information

  • BCLDB
  • 495911
  • $12.51 
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Reviews and Ratings

Retsina Of Attica, Kourtaki has a pronounced nose of Resin, nut and herbs. Retsina is designated a Traditional wine from Greece. Retsina wine has been made in Greece for at least the past 2000 years. Winemakers would often let wine stand in open or porous vessels and the wine would quickly spoil. However, they also discovered that sealing the vessels with pitch from Aleppo pine trees, prevented the wine for oxygenating and the wine would keep longer. - Community Wine Reviews

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