Full bottle 1,311 g. Vegan-friendly. Planted at 480 m in Alagni, central Crete, dry-farmed. Eight hours' skin contact. 10% of the grapes harvested early for extra freshness. Fermented in tank. Aged on lees for 4.5 months. TA 6.15 g/l, pH 3.16. Super-inte...
Searching back in time for modern ideas we created this alternative style of Moschofilero fermented entirely with naturally occurring yeast with minimum intervention afterwards. Moschofilero is skin contact, spontaneous fermentation, unfined and unfiltered with minimum sulfites. Hoof & Lur is Troupis’ winery homage to the wines native to high plateau of Mantinia for millennia. Floral with powdered sugar and blood orange that entice on the nose. Citrus notes and fresh acidity add vibrancy to the palate.
I was surprised by the varietal purity of the 2019 Cuvée Alexandre Cabernet Sauvignon despite being blended with some 9% Carmenere, 4% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot, which probably adds complexity and more Bordeaux character to the bottled wine. But ...