PARKER & Co PUBLISH LATEST GREEK WINE RATINGS
By TED LELEKAS
Shortly before Christmas, the latest list of rated Greek wines was published on erobertparker.com. The list was put together by Mark Squires, wine critic and a member of Robert Parker’s expert team, who has been assigned to cover the wines of Israel, Greece, Lebanon, Cyprus, Bulgaria and Romania.
The list contains 109 rated wines from wineries across Greece. 15 of those were deemed « oustanding« , in other words received a rating of 90-95/100. Interestingly enough the top 3 spots were won by dessert wines, and namely by the 2003 Vinsanto by Domaine Sigalas in Santorini (94/100), the 2003 Vinsanto by Santo Wines in Santorini (93/100), and the 2003 Muscat de Rio by A. Parparoussis in Patras (92/100). Further dessert wines, including a Grand Reserve bottling of Mavrodaphne, Greece’s historic fortified wine, have also received top marks, and claimed their place in the « outstanding club lounge » of this year’s ratings. (suite…)