Domaine Zafeirakis, Malagousia Microcosmos, 2024 SPcount0226 and the subtle distillery character

and the subtle distillery character that emerges from Dalmore's copper pot stills

vibrant Syrah should taste

There's real tension here—no excess weight

imparts this wine with ripe

off vines around three decades old

Domaine Zafeirakis, Malagousia Microcosmos, 2024 SPcount0226 and the subtle distillery characterMalagousia was nearly extinct a few decades ago, and Malagousia was rescued from near extinction by Vangelis Gerovassiliou and Vassilis Logothetis; Zafeirakis is instead known for reviving the red grape Limniona and championing Malagousia in Tyrnavos. Microcosmos is his single vineyard expression from old vines on flinty clay soils in Tyrnavos, in the heart of Thessaly, farmed organically and made without oak to keep everything vivid. This is a