Thymiopoulos - 2017 Young Vines (Xinomavro) - Naoussa, Greece Joseph Swan was an icon

Joseph Swan was an icon of the California wine industry whose “Swan Clone” of Pinot Noir is now used by countless winemakers all over the state

tart tropical fruit and citrus

this wine is much like the Langhe Nebbiolos we’ve enjoyed in the past

Vouvray and Touraine

and make native yeast fermentation commercially impractical

Thymiopoulos - 2017 Young Vines (Xinomavro) - Naoussa, Greece Joseph Swan was an iconXinomavro (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