This reminds me a little of Pinot Noir – soft red fruit, and delicately floral, but there’s more tannin structure here, giving the wine a hint of the serious side and lots of fresh minerality rounding it all off.
Oenops is a project from young winemaker Nikos Karatzas. Having worked at some of Greece’s largest wineries he switched his focus to his own project, and Oenops was born in 2015. Nikos doesn’t own vineyards or make wines from one place, rather for Oenops Nikos travels the country to find the best parcels he can from old Greek varieties. The goal is simple - Exceptional terroirs, minimal intervention viticulture, and winemaking with a unique goal - to express clearly and honestly each variety’s character. The wines are aged in a mix of large oak foudre and clay amphora.