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Mavrotragano

Mavrotragano wine guide: what this red grape tastes like, where it comes from, the regions that grow it, and what to eat with it.

Colour
Red
Body
Full
Origin
Greece
Top region
Santorini
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Key regions
3
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.

Body
Full
Tannin
High
Acidity
Medium
Sweetness
Dry
Alcohol
High
Flavours
spicy fruitsearthleather
Aromas
mineralsearth
Styles
dry redsweet red

Where it grows.

Food pairings.

01 eggplant stuffed with mince
02 spicy lamb meatballs in tomato sauce
03 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?
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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?
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Mavrotragano originates in Santorini, Greece.
03.
Where is Mavrotragano grown?
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The key regions for Mavrotragano are Santorini.
04.
What food pairs with Mavrotragano?
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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.

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