2007 Thymiopoulos Rosé de Xinomavro (Late Release)

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  6/13/2023 - Joshvoulters Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Stunning: a deep and coppery salmon colour, this has huge depth and aromatic complexity. Tomato, strawberry, tobacco, leather, spice. Massive and fat but certainly not heavy - it's clean on the palate with really notable tannic grip. A slight oxidative note. Was really good with food and on its own. Incredible wine.

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  10/27/2022 - Realityrichard Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Blutroter Rosé im Glas mit starkem Hang zu roten Weinseite. Vollkommen ernst präsentiert sich die Nase. Unbedingt ein bisschen Zeit geben und nicht zu kalt trinken. Hervorragende Kombination aus Frucht, Mineralik und Länge.

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  11/24/2021 - ricard Likes this wine: 93 Points

  I loved the much more recent vintage of the rosé this summer, but this is another level of wine... Fourteen years is more the kind of ageing on a rosé you'd allow for a Bandol, or the Tondonia rosado perhaps. Quite an odd salmon colour with tinges of orange. Bitter, butty, salty, savoury and those magical truffly aromas of Xinomavro. Fascinating. But drink up!

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  5/16/2021 - forceberry wrote: 96 Points

  Although Thymiopoulos has a "Rosé de Xinomavro" in their range, this 2007 is a completely different beast to their normal rosé aged in stainless steel, as this particular vintage is the most recent release. The wine is made with late-harvested (mid-Octover) Xinomavro grapes from a single vineyard planted on a northeastern slope, macerated with the skins for 8-10 hours and fermented spontaneously with indigenous yeasts. Then the wine is aged for 4 years in 2nd use French demi-muids of 500 liters, followed by bottling and aging for another 8 years in the winery's cellars before release. 13% alcohol. Tasted blind.
  
  Fully translucent pale red-to-deep orange color. Very characterful, quite sunny and wonderfully complex nose with seductive aromas of fresh redcurrants and brambly raspberries, some tomato stalk, a little bit of savory wood spice, light meaty notes, a hint of leather and a developed touch of caramel. The wine is dry, firm and complex on the palate with a moderately full body and layered flavors of ripe red cherries and crunchy redcurrants, some savory oak spice, a little bit of wild strawberry, light leathery notes, a savory hint of meaty umami and a touch of evolved caramel character. The high acidity lends great sense of freshness, intensity and structure to the wine. The finish is very long, complex and beautifully evolved with layered flavors of sweet red cherries, some savory wood spice, a little bit of sour cherry bitterness, light stony mineral tones, a hint of leather and a touch of tomato stalk.
  
  Holy moly. The wine did seem quite like a rosé wine when it was poured, but I was still quite unsure whether the wine was rosé or red because of its immense complexity, somewhat evolved character and rather deep, red-toned flavor. One of my guesses was Heredia's Viña Tondonia Gran Reserva Rosado, which should give you some idea of the style - even if the cherry and tomato stalk notes really didn't point out to Rioja. I was just at a loss where this kind of wine could come from. A very unique and compelling wine, hands down one of the greatest rosés I've had and one of the most singular Greek wines. Outrageous quality for the price at 26€ - this is one of those unicorn ones that nobody has even heard of. Very highly recommended.

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  3/10/2020 - kostaslonis Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Thymiopoulos Vineyards rose wines tasting (Oinoscent): Sampled at Oinoscent, bottle brought straight from the winery.
  The wine shows high intensity or aromas while standing on the extremes side of the flavour spectrum, nutty, oxidative and almost like a Flanders Oud Bruin ale, a thin oak frame, ripe and dried red cherry and earthy notes.
  In the palate, the wine shows ripe red fruit, high acidity, the oak is more upfront here and the fruit in the back, medium body, still holding its tannins, long finish.
  Outstanding quality. If you like these types of geeky wines, then you have to ask yourself, Vina Tondonia who ???

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