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Tsiakkas Winery, Porfyros, Cyprus

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Tsiakkas Winery, Porfyros, Cyprus

Tsiakkas Winery, Porfyros, Cyprus

Cyprus makes some decent wine and this read from Tsiakkas Winery is pretty good. It’s made with Grenache, Merlot and Agiorgitiko. Show me best with food because although you’ve got cherry and blackcurrant and plum flavours with a background of oak, coffee and chocolate, it’s a little unrefined. It’s not so much criticism but it’s a wine for place and time and that’s with food. It went well with a burger! It’s an everyday drinking wine that you can just, well drink and don’t think too much about, enjoy it.

 

Keo, St John’s Commandaria, Cyprus

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Keo, St John's Commandaria, Cyprus

Keo, St John’s Commandaria, Cyprus

This St John’s Commandaria from Cyprus is made usinf grapes that have been dried in the sun and allowed to concentrate the sugars so the wine has a raisin, nutty full on flavours that are similar to PX sherry and that no bad thing.

Sip it, savour it and have small glasses, oh try it with cheese its a great match.

Zambartas, Rosé, 2017, Cyprus

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Zambartas, Rosé, 2017, Cyprus

Zambartas, Rosé, 2017, Cyprus

This was quite a surprise, not so much that its from Cyprus as most countries have the ability to make excellent wine but that the flavour is so good.

Made with Cabernet Franc and Lefkada (I had not heard of that one before) its a deep red for a rosé, this is no weedy Provence rosé. Dry with light red fruit aromas, the surprise is the range of flavours, strawberries, raspberries, melon, cherry. Its a clean, fresh wine that really is a delight to drink. At £13 a bottle its not cheap but thats price for quality.

Tsiakkas winery, Commandaria, Desert Wine, Cyprus

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Tsiakkas winery, Commandaria, Desert Wine, Cyprus

Tsiakkas winery, Commandaria, Desert Wine, Cyprus

Almost any country can grow grapes and make wine good wine on the other hand is harder to make, cypress can make flipping good wine as this Commandaria, desert wine from Tsiakkas winery shows. It’s a deep rich colour with the aromas of citrus, apricot, dried figs and raisins which follows through into the flavours and is joined with a toffee undernote. There’s definite sweetness which sticks to the mouth but isn’t sickly, it is quite fantastic.

We sit on its own and had it with cheese which was just magical. An amazing dessert wine that I’d be happy to drink the rest of my life.