Located in the central part of Peloponnese peninsula, in an exceptional beautiful district called Arcadia, visitors can find Mantineia, one of the first regions in Greece to practice organic viticulture.
One can find referrals of ancient Mantineia as Eratini in Homer’s epic. This is also where the first Greek sparkling wine was produced with a traditional method. In 1898, the Papageorgiadis brothers bottled sparkling wine, which in 1900 won the silver medal at the Paris World Exhibition.
Vineyards of the wine growing PDO zone of Mantineia are planted extensively to the Moschofilero grape variety – one of the four ambassador varieties of the Greek vineyard abroad – which offers wines of a completely different style from the usual Greek wine. The semi-mountainous terroir with a special climate and infertile, and the, rocky clay soils Arcadia bring to our glasses a fresh crispy sweet and floral nose wine, slightly pale in color with low alcohol.
Moschofilero, although it is a grayish-pink variety, is vinified in such way as to produce white, rose and aged wines, blanc de gris, as well as, sparkling dry and semi-dry wines.
While Moschofilero makes up the majority of vineyard plantings, producers in the region are experimenting with indigenous and international grape varieties such as Malagousia, Agiorgitiko and Gewurztraminer .
The PDO zone of Mantineia is the second most popular PDO zone in Greece with Agiorgitiko being the first. Quality wines of the region can be compared to white wines of Central Europe, Alsace, Austria and Northern Italy.
COME ALONG WITH THE WINE CONNOISSEURS TO DELVE INTO THE ROUTES OF MANTINIA
Archaeological Museum of Tegea
Kapsia Cave
Church of Saint Fotini
TROUPIS, A MODERN SMALL FAMILY WINERY
Troupis winery is situated in the heart of Mantineia plateau in the Fteri region, the core of the viticulture zone itself, at an altitude of about 700m above sea level.
Troupis family has a long history in vinification, dating back three generations, but it is just the youngest generation that modernized the winery and decided to invest to the local variety of Moschofilero.
The winery’s special characteristic is that most of its labels concern the Moschofilero variety that is being vinificated at 7 different ways. Troupis Winery is the only one that offers Moschofilero in different styles, such us, fresh white, acacia and oak matured white, short skin-contact aged in amphoras and white, single vineyard mineral rose.
One can taste also one of the rarest Agiorgitiko and a dynamic blend of Mavrodaphne and Agiorgitiko.
In the meantime, large emphasis has been given to innovative vivification techniques, as well as, micro-vinifications of other Greek varieties, including old and forgotten ones, such as, the variety ‘Kolliniatiko’.
The land, climate and gentle environmental management, as well as, low yields per hectare give the gifted ‘Moschofilero’ all the elements needed for a quality PDO Mantineia wine.
Due to the geographical location of the winery, visitors are close to sights, such as, the ancient theater of Mantineia while, picturesque Arcadian villages are with easy reach.
FOLLOW THE WINE CONNOISSEURS IN A THRILLING TASTING JOURNEY AT TROUPIS WINERY.
DELVE INTO THE ROUTES OF GREEK WINE CULTURE…
