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Moschofilero is
it is my grape, I love that grape very much. It is
in the center Peleponese, I make wine with Moschofilero for the last 20 years.
Moschofilero is a grape
variety which we can find
in the center of Peloponnese in the plateau.
Because of that it's typical.
at, uhm...
two thousand two hundred feet,
and up there is it a cold area of Peloponnese.
Imagine that the harvest
comes in October.
As this area is a
cold area the Moschofilero preserves the
aromatics. By itself,
the grapes of Moschofilero, they have
red skin, which is not exactly red becasue
there are a lot of clones, so there is the
Asprofilero, "white filero" which is
green. More green. There is the xanthofilero,
which is the "blonde-filero"
which is another grape like Gewurztraminer.
There is the Mavrofilero which is the "black-Filero".
So there is a lot of different grapes, but there is
color in the skins. But the wine
have no color. It's unbelievable, it's like,
transparent. But the wine is
is always having such
beautiful aromatics, based in flowers.
Rose petals, violets, jasmine
you know the sweet tree citrons (citrus)
all these citrusy aromas
comes from the Moschofilero. It is really
very very pleasant. At the same time Moschofilero has a very nice acidity.
The Moschofilero is a little bit hard to work,
because you never know when to stop, to
to get color or not in your press.
You know we go for just fifty percent
of free run juice
when making the wine. After that we can have color.
They are grapes...
magnificent. They resist very very well to
the rain and everything like that.
It's an excellent grape.
I feel very lucky to have that grape in Greece.