KIR YIANNI 2023 Sparkling Xinomavro 'Akakies' (Naoussa, Greece)

The best value in a wine shop can often lie in wines with names that are hard to pronounce. This wine is one of those cases. Made from the grape Xinomavro, which is responsible for red wine similar to Nebbiolo of Northern Italy. It is a higher acid, higher tannin yet lighter bodied red wine with great red fruit notes.  It is excellent as a sparking too. The poor sandy soils of Amyndeon in Northwest Greece in combination with the mild continental climate and the presence of the four surrounding lakes are ideal conditions for the production of sparkling wine from the Indigenous Xinomavro grape.