It was a beautiful day to explore Nemea wine country's Barafakas Winery. Barafakas winery’s estate vineyard is located in the Nemea PDO (Protected Designation of Origin). The family’s vineyard (200-815 meters) has been active since the 1920's, with Christos Barafakas establishing a winery in 2002. We were delighted that our visit to Barafakas Winery included a wine tasting with Christos Barafakas, owner and Aggeliki Mpimpa, winemaker.
After a tour of the winery we did a wine tasting. Following the tasting Christos Barafakas shared with us some plans for future development of their wine estate.
Wine Tasting, Barafakas Winery
Our #winelover community had come to Greece to celebrate our 10th #Winelover Anniversary Celebrations June 10-13, 2022. We were delighted to discover that our day in Nemea wine country included a visit to Barafakas Winery.
Here's to Barafakas Wines © Spaswinefood
While at Barafakas Winery we tasted the following wines:
Barafakas Estate White Wines
1. Barafakas Idea Malagouzia 2021
Tasting Barafakas Malagouzia © Spaswinefood
2. Barafakas, Ampelou White Dry White, PGI Peloponnese 2021
While I did not spot it in the lineup of wines poured there was a Chardonnay shared too.
White Wine Tasting, Barafakas Winery, Nemea © Spaswinefood
Barafakas Estate Rosé Wines
1. Barafakas, Saint Modesto Rosé
2. Barafakas, Three Witches Rosé 2021
Their Three Witches Rosé wine is produced from Agiorgtiko, Moschofilero, and Syrah grapes. Yes, there was a rosé toast ! While at Barafakas Winery we toasted with a glass of rosé to celebrate National Rosé Day. Throughout our day in Nemea we would do a number of toasts to celebrate National Rosé Day.
Toasting with Barafakas Rosé © Spaswinefood
During the red wine tasting we were introduced to three Agiorgitiko wines.
1. Barafakas, Agiorgitiko Ampelou Idea Nemea 2018
Ampelou Idea Nemea 2018 © Spaswinefood
2. Barafakas, Agiorgitiko Apocalypsis Nemea 2015
3. Barafakas, Agiorgitiko Athos Nemea 2018
For sure these three Agiorgitiko wines was a perfect introduction! It was such a pleasure to learn about Barafakas Wines.
Thank you to our wonderful hosts for introducing us to their wines. As I previously noted, Barafakas Estate is in Nemea, in the northeastern corner of the Peloponnese Peninsula. Nemea is a highly regarded sub-region of the Peloponnese wine region. Peloponnese has the largest vineyard area in Greece, representing around 31% of wine production. The region is home to 24 PGIs and 10 PDOs, with eight main subregions: Argolis, Arcadia, Achaia, Ilia, Corinthia, Laconia, Messinia, and Kefalonia. The subregions of Corinthia and Argolis are known as the Nemea PDO. Nemea PDO is well known for its Agiorgitiko and Moscofilero wines. Needless to say, we were excited to learn about the wines produced at Barafakas.
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