Two Outstanding Scores from the Wine Advocate
Monica Larner tasted more than three hundred Greek wines. Two of ours came back at 92 and 91.
The tasting
Monica Larner, who covers the region for Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate, worked through more than three hundred Greek and Cypriot wines in late May. The scores were published on 28 June 2026.
The scores
Our Palloures Xynisteri 2023 came back at 92 points. Our Maratheftiko 2021 at 91.
Both sit in the 90–95 band, which the Wine Advocate calls Outstanding — its description is wines of exceptional complexity and character.
What the number means
The Wine Advocate has used a 50-to-100 scale since 1978, judging colour, aroma, flavour and the capacity to age. It is the most widely read scoring system in the trade, which is the main reason a number from it travels further than a number from anywhere else.
It is still one taster on one day. We have said that about every result on this page and it stays true here.
Why these two
Both wines are made from varieties that grow nowhere else in any quantity. Xynisteri has spent most of its modern life being described as a pleasant summer white, drunk young and not thought about again. Maratheftiko has spent most of its modern life being difficult.
What a score in the nineties says about them — more than anything about us — is that the capacity was always in the grapes. Ageing potential is the part of the assessment we read twice.
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