Last night Betsy and I drove through a nasty rain (lots of flooding as snow
melted) to city to one of my favorite Greek restaurants, Molyvos. On previous
visits I had wimped out and ordered wines that I knew rather than trying Greek
ones. This time I had gotten some advice from more knowledgable friends and was
determined to go Greek.

Unfortunately, the list they have on the web was out of date, and the already
high markups seem to be even higher. The Kir-Yiani was now out of my range, and
I opted for a Boutari Grande Reserve Xynomavro. That was out of stock, and
waiter suggested a 1999 Chrisohoou Reserve Xynomavro, also from Naoussa.

Light to medium bodied, some moderate oak notes, red raspberry fruit with a
little pepper and tar. Pleasant enough wine that didn't leave me wanting more.
I'm willing to try more Greek wines, but while at $38 this was one of the
cheapest wines on the list, it didn't strike me as a particularly good
deal.B/B- . Reminded me of a somewhat modern generic Langhe red.

I will say the food was quite good. A grilled octupus appetizer had an
interesting spice mix marinade that let it stand up to the red, and Betsy's
lamb chops were good. The winner to me were the tender lamb shanks, served orzo
and topped with Kefalotyri cheese.


Dale

Dale Williams
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Greek wine is still not up to that found in the rest of the world. I drink
more than I should just because of my heritage, but I have found very few
that I would recommend and at $38 (or more) I don't think I'd buy any!


Dimitri