The Best Agiorgitiko Wines Under $40

If Xinomavro is the austere, Barolo-like side of Greece, Agiorgitiko is the charmer. Greece's most-planted red grape — "St. George" in English — gives deep color, soft round tannins, and a mouthful of red cherry, plum, and sweet baking spice, all kept honest by fresh acidity. Its heartland is Nemea, in the Peloponnese, where the wines range from juicy everyday reds to serious, age-worthy old-vine bottlings. It's one of the easiest underdogs to love, and one of the best values on any shelf.

Before the list, an admission

This page carried five bottles and claimed all five were in stock. I opened every one of them on 11 September 2026 and three were not: Gai'a's Agiorgitiko and Palivou's Nemea had both sold out, and the Semeli Nemea Reserve no longer has a price or a buy button at all.

A buying guide that sends you to a sold-out bottle is worse than no buying guide. So this is a list of two, which is an honest two rather than a padded five. Both were live and price-checked on the same day, and I have said where each one falls short.

How these were chosen

No tasting lab and no sponsored placements. These are Agiorgitiko bottlings I could find actually purchasable in the US under $40, judged on producer track record and on what the wine is for, then opened one by one to confirm the bottle is really there and the price is really that. Prices are rounded and move; the link is the truth. I earn a commission if you buy, which is why the sold-out three are still named below instead of quietly deleted.

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1. Domaine Skouras "Saint George" Agiorgitiko 2024 — around $22

The gateway, and a ridiculous value: supple, juicy, perfumed red fruit with no rough edges. The bottle to hand anyone who thinks they don't know Greek wine.

The catch: it is built for pleasure rather than argument. There is no grip here and nothing to think about on the second glass, which is exactly right at $22 and exactly wrong if you wanted the serious side of Nemea.

2. Troupis Winery "Fteri" Agiorgitiko 2025 — around $25

A high-altitude, fresher take — brighter acidity and a lighter, more lifted feel. Agiorgitiko for the Pinot crowd.

The catch: 2025 is very young, and the altitude that gives it lift also takes away some of the plushness the grape is loved for. If you came for the soft touch, the Skouras is the truer version of it.

What sold out, and what I would do about it

Named rather than deleted, because what a buying guide declines to sell you is the only reason to believe the part it does.

• Gai'a Agiorgitiko 2023, around $26 — sold out. The polish pick, and the one I would most like back. Worth setting a notification for.
• Palivou Vineyards Nemea 2023, around $30 — sold out. The classic riper Nemea. A good independent with a Greek section is a better route than waiting.
• Semeli Nemea Reserve 2021, around $37 — no price, no buy button. Treat it as gone rather than pending.

How to choose

Want the best value, or you have never had the grape? Skouras Saint George. Want fresh and lifted, and you drink Pinot? Troupis Fteri. That is the whole decision at the moment, and two bottles is a small shelf for a grape this good — the catalogue has five Agiorgitiko listings in total. If both are gone by the time you read this, what is left on Wine.com is the place to look, with the caveat that most of what it shows is out of stock.

Want the full story? Read the Agiorgitiko deep dive, or grab the Underdog Starter List. And for the glasses and tools to drink them right, see The Shelf.

Explore more in the Greece regional guide — the Old World's best-value underdog.