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Xinomavro
red grape Naoussa / Amyndeon serve 16–18 °C ages 4–20 years
Xinomavro is a red grape: medium-bodied, very high acidity, very firm tannin, usually dry. 21 Xinomavro wines from £13.33. Typical aromas: red cherry, tomato, olive, dried rose, spice.
Typical structure · knowledge base
Sweetness
bone dryluscious
Body
lightfull
Tannin
lowhigh
Acidity
lowhigh
Oak
noneheavy
Alcohol
lowhigh
Typical for the variety; WineGenie knowledge base, not a measurement of one wine.
Is Xinomavro sweet or dry?
Usually dry.
What goes with it
lamb kleftiko, moussaka, stifado, aged cheese, tomato-based stews. acid and tannin match tomato and slow-cooked lamb
Where it grows
Naoussa / Amyndeon, Greece — the Greek Nebbiolo: pale, high acid, high tannin, ages
If you like Xinomavro
21 Xinomavro wines · ranked by critic score, then price · showing 21
sweetness · body on 1–5 · inferred