Six small estates on the north slopes of Mount Helmos at {{strong:800–1,100 metres}} — cool-climate Chardonnay, the rare red Mavro Calavrytino, Mavrodaphne. Almost no-one outside the area knows them.
The north slope of Mount Helmos sits at 800–1,100 metres, faces north, gets snow in winter, and grows wine that should not, by Greek standards, work. It does.
The estates are small, family-run, and almost without exception open to visitors only by appointment. Each has its own personality — Tetramythos is biodynamic and half-buried in the slope; Parparoussis is the longest-running and the most classical; Cinque is the youngest and the most experimental. Together they make up the most considered wine itinerary in the Peloponnese north of Nemea.
The estates are spread over 25 km on a single road. Most visits use Kalavryta as a base.
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