David Williams, The Guardian - Greece is the word when it comes to unusual wines
BUY HERE - Alpha Estate, Amyndeon, Reserve Vielles Vignes Single Block Barba Yannis, Xinomavro
Wines made from xinomavro are often compared to those made from nebbiolo in Piedmont in Italy (the land of barolo and barbaresco), something to do with the way it combines complexity of fragrance with high acidity and the kind of raspy dry tannin that only makes sense with food. Another Macedonian, Alpha Estate, does exactly those things in the Barba Yannis Vielles Vignes, which has a fabulous intensity of cherry and plum, spice and chewy texture that must in part be down to using very old (90-year-old) vines.