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Nemea

Nemea wine guide: the wine region in Greece, its Agiorgitiko, the red wine and sweet wine it makes, and what to pour it with.

Country
Greece
Climate
Mediterranean
Signature grape
Agiorgitiko
Styles
red · sweet
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Signature grapes
8
Bottles to find

Nemea is a wine region of Peloponnese, Greece.

The vineyards are given over to Agiorgitiko.

Vines root into free-draining and gravel.

The climate is mediterranean, running wide diurnal swing.

The vineyards themselves read as hills.

Red wine and sweet wine is what the region is known for, and in the glass it shows rich, sweeter styles, showcasing complexity and depth and lighter, plus one more.

Quality is codified by the PDO, which is worth reading off the label.

Soil
Free-drainingGravel
Climate
MediterraneanWide diurnal swing
Terrain
Hills
Styles
redsweet

In the glass.

Red: Rich, Sweeter styles, Showcasing complexity and depth.

Sweet: Lighter, Lower-lying areas.

Grapes planted here.

Classifications.

  • PDO

Bottles to look for.

  • A & G Papaioannou 'Estate Papaioannou' Saint George - Agiorgitiko, Nemea, Greece
  • A & G Papaioannou 'Ktima' Old Vines Agiorgitiko, Nemea, Greece
  • A & G Papaioannou Microclima Agiorgitiko, Nemea, Greece
  • Aivalis Winery, Nemea, Greece
  • Cavino Nemea Agiorgitiko, Greece
  • Cavino Nemea Grand Reserve, Nemea, Greece
  • Fourteen Twenty Seven Wines 14/27 Agiorgitiko, Nemea, Greece
  • Gaia 'Agiorgitiko by Gaia', Nemea, Greece

Nearby regions.

Nemea: common questions

01.
What grapes is Nemea known for?
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Agiorgitiko is the signature grape of Nemea.
02.
What kind of wine does Nemea make?
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Nemea produces red wine and sweet wine.
03.
Where is Nemea?
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Nemea is a wine region in Greece.

More from here: every wine region in Greece, or the wider Peloponnese guide.

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