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Key regions
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Pairings
Mavrotragano is a red grape variety, with its roots in Santorini, Greece.
The wines show full body, high tannin, medium acidity, dry and high alcohol.
The tasting note runs to spicy fruits, earth, leather and minerals.
It is planted most seriously in Santorini.
In the vineyard it is marked by late ripening.
At the table it suits eggplant stuffed with mince, spicy lamb meatballs in tomato sauce and braised wild mushrooms with woody herbs.
The structure.
Where it grows.
Food pairings.
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eggplant stuffed with mince
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spicy lamb meatballs in tomato sauce
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braised wild mushrooms with woody herbs
Bottles to look for.
- Artemis Karamolegos Mavrotragano Dry Red PGI Cyclades, Aegean Islands, Greece
- Domaine Sigalas Mavrotragano PGI Cyclades, Aegean Islands, Greece
- Estate Argyros Mavrotragano, Santorini, Greece
- Gavalas Mavrotragano PGI Cyclades, Aegean Islands, Greece
- Hatzidakis Mavrotragano PGI Cyclades, Aegean Islands, Greece
- Kalliston Mavrotragano, Greece
- Pateromichelakis 'Mavro', Crete, Greece
- Santo Wines Mavrotragano PGI Cyclades, Aegean Islands, Greece
Mavrotragano: common questions
01.What does Mavrotragano taste like?+
Mavrotragano tastes of spicy fruits, earth, leather and minerals. The wines show full body, high tannin, medium acidity, dry and high alcohol.
02.Where is Mavrotragano from?+
Mavrotragano originates in Santorini, Greece.
03.Where is Mavrotragano grown?+
The key regions for Mavrotragano are Santorini.
04.What food pairs with Mavrotragano?+
Pour it with eggplant stuffed with mince, spicy lamb meatballs in tomato sauce and braised wild mushrooms with woody herbs.
Keep going: the A to Z grape index, or the wine regions of Greece.