This wine is the dream of all  who have not yet mastered the ability to enjoy dry red wine. I’ve been asked “isn’t there a red wine that tastes good?” While I can’t find myself recommending this wine with a meal, it is sweet and it is red. Well, at least that’s what the bottle says.

This dessert red wine seemed to take on a much more amber hue while in my glass.It looked more like caramel sauce in color, but was pleasant. It had a very interesting nose bursting with plum and brown sugar. Hints of ginger and raisin danced around too.  It’s very sweet on the palate, even more raisiny, with high acidity on the back end.  Surprisingly full bodied for a dessert wine, it’s quite good.  I’m never surprised that Greek wine treats me to a whole level of tastes that I’m not used to.  The first wine I ever had was a Greek Retsina that tasted as if I had just sipped a glass full of pine needles.

The best pairing I can guess at for this wine is nothing other than dark chocolate. Even a bitter dark chocolate would be offset nicely by the sweetness of this wine.