Thymiopoulos - 2017 Young Vines (Xinomavro) - Naoussa, Greece don’t blow it up

don’t blow it up

Owned and run by winemaker Ignacio Valdera

Composed of 46% Cinsault

It bears repeating that with a proper sparkling wine stopper a sparkling wine will perfectly preserve itself in the fridge for weeks so that there is absolutely no reason to not have sparkling wine ALL THE TIME

Thymiopoulos - 2017 Young Vines (Xinomavro) - Naoussa, Greece don’t blow it upXinomavro (ksee NOH maw vroh) is the principal grape of Northern Greece (which is at the same latitude as far Northern California), and the mountainous Naoussa wine region is thought of as the Barolo of Greece. The high acidity (Xinomavro means acid black) and tannins of the grape usually make it a wine that benefits from patient cellaring, but this wine is made in an earlier drinking style. To continue the Barolo metaphor, this wine is much like the