Xynomavro
Best known as the major grape in Macedonia's Goumenissa. Xynovaro produces a rich and flavorful red with complexity and earthiness. It's the type of wine Alexander would have drunk.
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XYNOMAVRO: Red-wine grape commonly grown in Macedonia, N.E. and Central Greece. Often used in a blend with Negoska grape-wine or with the Stavroto and Krassato wines.
Naoussa, among the most renowned areas of all Greece, is famous for its red wines produced with Xynomavro grapes, full bodied and structured, whereas in Goumenissa the same grape is blended with Negoska grape therefore producing less bodied wines.
Agiorgitiko is one of the two widely-grown heat-resistant Greek wine grape varieties, the other being Xynomavro.
KRASSATO: Red-wine grape common to central Greece. Usually blended with two other grape wines, the Stavroto and Xynomavro.
 See also: Red, Grape, Wine, White Wine, Region
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