Naoussa Boutari
Red, dry wine
Naoussa Boutari is one of the first Greek red bottled PDO wines to enter the Greek market, constituting a landmark for red wines in Greece.
PROTECTED DESIGNATION OF ORIGIN NAOUSSA
Variety
Xinomavro
Taste Profile
Deep red colour with an intense personality. It produces a rich bouquet of ripe red fruit, blackberry and plum, together with sun-dried tomato and the aromas derived from ageing, cinnamon and wood. A rich body, good balance and structure, soft tannins in its finish.
- Soft
- Medium
- Strong
Red forest fruits
Blackberries 
Plum
Cinnamon 
Wood
Vinification
Cold maceration for 24 hours, small percentage bleeding for rosé, controlled alcoholic fermentation with selected yeast strains at 19-23C, gentle extraction with few pumpovers before starting fermentation (7-10 days), no pressings included in the blend at all, malolactic fermentation, French oak barrels for 12 months, mild filtering with large cross section diatomaceous earth, final filtering (polishing) with sheet filtration.
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