Staying on the same Greek wine theme from a few nights ago, my husband brought out this Xinomavro from Kir Yianni. He said that he was saving this wine to share with our Greek friends because they have a son named "Yiannis". Too bad. We broke into it. This wine is already 7 years old. This is a wine made from the Xinomavro grape. The color was very dark purple in the glass and it was dry with rounded tannins. The wine still tasted very youthful to me.
Xinomavro means "acid-black" in Greek and is a grape grown in northern Greece. Ktima Kir Yianni is
located in Naoussa, which enjoys Mediterranean climate with continental influences, featuring mild winters and relatively hot summers. The Xinomavro grape is the second most planted red variety in Greece, after the Agiorgitiko grape.
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