Last night Betsy and I drove through a nasty rain (lots of flooding as snow melted) to city to one of my favorite Greek restaurants, Molyvos. On previous visits I had wimped out and ordered wines that I knew rather than trying Greek ones. This time I had gotten some advice from more knowledgable friends and was determined to go Greek.
Unfortunately, the list they have on the web was out of date, and the already high markups seem to be even higher. The Kir-Yiani was now out of my range, and I opted for a Boutari Grande Reserve Xynomavro. That was out of stock, and waiter suggested a 1999 Chrisohoou Reserve Xynomavro, also from Naoussa.
Light to medium bodied, some moderate oak notes, red raspberry fruit with a little pepper and tar. Pleasant enough wine that didn't leave me wanting more. I'm willing to try more Greek wines, but while at $38 this was one of the cheapest wines on the list, it didn't strike me as a particularly good deal.B/B- . Reminded me of a somewhat modern generic Langhe red.
I will say the food was quite good. A grilled octupus appetizer had an interesting spice mix marinade that let it stand up to the red, and Betsy's lamb chops were good. The winner to me were the tender lamb shanks, served orzo and topped with Kefalotyri cheese.
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