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NWC – sixth March – Apolstolos Thymiopoulos

Apolstolos Thymiopoulos has change into a large title, no longer simply actually, on the earth of wine. His vary has been getting plaudits some distance and wine and used to be named ‘Decanter Emerging Superstar’ in 2022. Many of those wines are promoting out hastily when launched.

Atma White, 2022. The Atma vary, of which we attempted a pink and white, appears to be an try at access degree wines from the property. Curiously they don’t seem to be indexed at the vineyard’s personal web page which may inform you one thing in itself. Light straw it is a mix of Xinomavro and Malagouzia. The nostril is an fragrant mixture of white blossom and pear with notes of citrus. The palate has extra peach and grapefruit. Slightly brief. £13 (87 pts)

Blanc des Coteaux, Cuvee Amphore, 2020. A wine I used to be to check out having purchased into the hype and inquiring for an allocation from The Wine Society (TWS) not too long ago. First of all it used to be very honeyed with some bruised apple and I used to be questioning if it used to be intentionally made in an oxidised taste. Certainly one of our staff who has had a number of stated different bottles have been much more recent and blank. Tough as a number of different notes seem to reference oxidisation and it kind of feels the character of the wine is susceptible to that. Regardless it used to be nonetheless relaxing simply no longer within the position it must were. £25 (88 pts)

Rose de Xinomavro, 2022. Between a rose and an orange wine in color. Vivid wild strawberry and tinned peach nostril. The palate extra restrained than anticipated, sour & blood orange with a quinine end. Now not your conventional rose, and for me the entire higher for that regardless that no longer everybody agreed. At £13.50 a large number of hobby and bang for dollar. (89 pts)

Rose de Xinomavro, 2013. This used to be a beneficiant present to me from a chum that used to be added to the tasting. I consider it used to be most effective launched within the closing 12 months or so having been held again by means of the winemaker. On speedy opening sooner than the tasting it had a extra herbal, cider nostril however by the point it used to be being under the influence of alcohol that had blown off. There used to be some sweetness right here, even though from the depth of the fruit fairly than any residual sugar (I believe). Along the blood orange of the younger wine it had a extra advanced candy and bitter be aware with hints of herb and sundried tomato. Blindfolded you might assume it used to be a mild pink at the palate with some cranberry and sour cherry. (92 pts)

Atma Pink, 2021. Sooner than the 100% Xinomavro wines we had the Atma pink, a mix of Xino and Mandilaria. Easy cherry nostril, little bit of a fruit bomb palate with juicy blackcurrant. A number of rustic tannins in an elderberry form of manner. Some notes of liquorice display perhaps it’s no longer so easy? A little bit an excessive amount of of a coarse quaffer for me however some other people love it, described as a BBQ wine. £14 (88 pts)

Jeunes Vignes, 2021. No oak in this wine and a little bit muted nostril however hints of smoke complemented a plummy nostril. The palate used to be a slightly lighter than the nostril prompt, pomegranate and cranberry finished the chic construction. Nice ingesting and hobby wine fans and dinner birthday celebration visitors alike. At £13.50 from TWS it’s implausible worth. (90 pts)

Xinomavro Nature, 2021. Improper. There used to be some fruit peeking out from the card and stagnant water on each palate and nostril however it wasn’t value persevering to search out it. When low intervention wine is going dangerous it is going in point of fact dangerous. £18 (NR, wrong)

Naoussa ‘Alta’, 2020. An excessively gentle nostril, some candy cherry with a slightly of natural. At the palate extra candy and bitter cherry with balsamic flecks and a savoury end. Very Italian in profile and jogged my memory of Etna Rosso which I’ve been ingesting so much not too long ago. Very horny if no longer flooring breaking. £22 (90 pts)

Rapsani, Terra Perta, 2019. I develop more and more weary of lazy comparisons with different wines and these types of reds get described as ‘Burgundian’ by means of more than a few critics. While that doesn’t easy imply they’re like a normal Burgundy I noticed little or no to indicate there used to be to any extent further than a passing resemblance. Instead of with this wine. It had a perfumed nostril of top notes, candy end result and baking spices. Relatively juicy, ripe pink end result dominate the entrance of the palate with steadiness and period with a grippy dry end. With age I believe it will expand some actual complexity so as to add to the already interesting bundle. Lately to be had at £22 from TWS it’s the one wine of the night I regarded as purchasing. (92 pts)

Earth and Sky, 2021. An excessively attention-grabbing vertical of the property’s flagship wine that has been produced since 2005. A wine of deep pink, black and blue end result, some dried and a little bit vanilla. A lot more depth and focus than wines that went sooner than, recently an excessively polished wine and slightly a sweetly fruited palate marked by means of oak. When compared by means of somebody astutely as just a little like a Ribera del Duero. Clearly younger however used to be extra an instance of spectacular winemaking than an expression of Xinomavro. £24 from TWS (92 pts)

Earth and Sky, 2020. A extra aromatic nostril right here, some tomato leaf and violet along the fruit. Slightly nearer to Nebbiolo territory. That carried to the palate, extra savoury and great pink end result however with out the wonder of the 2021. (91 pts)

Earth and Sky, 2019. Nostril used to be reticent, while you in point of fact get in there a smoky and meaty profile however missing top notes. Cherry used to be the main fruit at the palate however this bottle wasn’t making a song, it had misplaced the power of the 2020 and 2021 however no longer but advanced any right kind complexity. What used to be attention-grabbing used to be there didn’t appear to be a specific taste working thru those 3 wines. Sure every might be other with antique but when I used to be following an up and coming wine maker I for my part like to peer extra of a signature personality. (89 pts)

Kayafas, 2018. On the most sensible finish of the variability are 3 unmarried winery choices, more or less from £60-100 of which we attempted one. Beguiling nostril of fig and raisin with the recommendation of a little bit sour chocolate and menthol. What caught me maximum at the palate used to be the step up in steadiness, silky and stylish like not one of the different wines on this flight. Palate used to be fairly more energizing fruit than the nostril, cherry, some attention-grabbing black tea and candy spice at the end. £59 at TWS (93 pts)