Krya Vayots Dzor Poqr 2022 agrapart If Barolo intimidates you

If Barolo intimidates you

and the unmistakable salty lift of vineyards perched above the Mediterranean

the heart of Greek red wine country in the Peloponnese

framed by a mineral backbone

Denis Bachelet has farmed his tiny four-hectare estate nearly single-handedly since 1983

Krya Vayots Dzor Poqr 2022 agrapart If Barolo intimidates youTatevik Gabrielyan grew up in Vernashen, left Armenia at eighteen to study winemaking in Switzerland, met her partner Jean Paul Berger there, and came home to make wine on her grandfather's abandoned vineyards. The winery is an old cheese factory built on 70 year old vines, and it's named Krya, Armenian for turtle: wisdom, patience, longevity. Poqr means "small," and it's a red field blend of Areni alongside grapes most of us have never heard of,