KORMILITSA Gold Moscow Kremlin dry red wine Tsantali 750 ml

Product description

KORMILITSA Gold wine of deep scarlet red color that reflects the complexity and imposing character. On the nose, an ethereal, elegant bouquet of dark skinned fruits (like plums and forest berries), violet, licorice and seductive tones of underground vegetation. A hint of peppery plants quietly makes its presence known. In the mouth there is a muscular and exuberant structure supported by robust tannins and a balanced acidity. A very complex wine with a remarkable aftertaste.

KORMILITSA: The Official Wine of the Moscow Kremlin

The Tsantali family has been reviving, for the past thirty-five years, the vineyards ofthe Russian monastery of St. Panteleimon, in Chromitsa Mount Athos. The monastery is one of the most important monasteries of the Russian Orthodox Faith.

For the last five hundred years the Russian monks of the monastery of St. Panteleimon called the area, where today the Tsantali family vineyards are located, “Kormilitsa”. The word “Kormilitsa” in Russian means “food provider” (this includes various meanings, such as the mother breastfeeding her baby). This name was given because at this exact spot, the Metoxi of Kormilitsa (paraphrased in Greek and pronounced as Chromitsa) was developed- a very important priory to the Abbey, since all the cultivationswhich provided the food of the monastery, were grown in this territory. At the same location (METOXI) three hundred years ago, one of the most renowned hospitals of the era was developed, which was visited by the Tsar and the Princes of Russia whenever they faced health problems. So the “food provider (kormilitsa)” acquired another meaning, since she nursed the patients of the monastery back to health and prosperity (a revealing hand written diary of Prince Constantine Konstantinovits Romanov, has been discovered, in which he describes his stay in Kormilitsa two centuries ago.)
The monastery and the Metoxi fell into decline after the October revolution, since the Soviet regime rejected the idea of religion, and so this region of incomparable beauty was neglected and left to vanish.

1969 is a key date for the vineyard of Metoxi Chromitsa: while Evangelos Tsantalis was hunting at the region, a sudden torrential rain forced him to take shelter in the convent. Once the rain subsided, the uniqueness of this neglected vineyard drew the attention of Evangelos Tsantalis, who envisioned the revival of this vineyard. Indeed with respect to tradition and to the history of the region, the Tsantali family revived the vineyard, the destroyed buildings were restored and the monastery managed to regained resources from this partnership, the result of which was the first certified local wine of Greece – the Protected Geographical Indication of Agioritikos wine.

Brand Tsantali

Dominant variety Cabernet Sauvignon 80%, Limnio 20%

Flavor red dry wine

Vintage 2014

Country of origin Greece

Volume 750 ml

Alcohol content 14 percent by volume

Manufacturer E. Tsantalis S.A.

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