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Rosé de Xinomavro, Thymiopoulos 2023
A wholly individual and totally delicious xinomavro rosé, light salmon in colour, with flavours of dried cranberries, blood orange and wild strawberries with cedar spice. Three months in very large barrels brings creaminess without oak flavour. Made from Apostolos Thymiopoulos' young vines harvested in October. The vines are located at Trilofos and Fytia at the southern tip of Naoussa appellation at between 180-450m, where they are influenced by cooling winds that blow down from Mount Vermio in warm summers. The wine is given three months in oak barrels to give that creamy palate.
Price:
£13.95
Bottle
Price:
£83.50
Case of 6
In Stock
Code: GR3501
Wine characteristics
- Rose Wine
- 2 - Dry
- Xinomavro
- 75cl
- Now to 2028
- 12.5% Alcohol
- oak used but not v. noticeable
- Cork, diam
- 507 g (Empty bottle weight)
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
Apostolos Thymiopoulos
Apostolos Thymiopoulos, the current head of operations at the family winery, is described by many as the young star of Greek wine. The family has been growing grapes for generations, but it was Apostolos’ father that first began to do so commercially: he grew grapes to sell to local wineries, and took the task of cultivating good-quality grapes very seriously indeed.
His passion obviously rubbed off onto his son, who went on to study oenology in Athens. It was during his studies that he and the family began seriously experimenting with the xinomavro grape. They had been growing it for some years, but now they wanted to bring this indigenous northern Greek variety to the rest of the world in a new, modern, high-quality form. Apostolos released his first wine – the 2003 vintage – in 2005. Named Ghi Kai Uranos (‘earth and sky’), it possessed qualities similar to that of modern Barolo, with powerful, concentrated ripe fruit, excellent acidity and good ageing potential.
Xinomavro actually means ‘sour black’ (it has also been translated as ‘black of Naoussa’) and this gives a good description of its key characteristics: a dark colour and high acidity. Its healthy tannins means it is likely we will enjoy watching some of the earlier wines evolve for many years to come. Another of xinomavro’s key characteristics is a remarkable ability to reflect the land in which it is grown, so the vineyards are of course key to its character. It isn’t grown with any particular success anywhere...