Redefining Greek Varieties: An interview with Jean-Michel Boursiquot
Few days ago I had the pleasure of taking an interview from Jean-Michel Boursiquot, a professor of Ampelography in the University of Montpellier, France and an authority in plant material involved with clonal research in Greece.
We met in Nemea where I tasted 2 vintages of Agiorgitiko clone #03 vinified by VNB nursery. What was unbelievable was the phenolic maturity of the 2013 vintage where tannins were very ripe with just 11.5% abv!
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