The wine region of Clare Valley is located in the region of Mount Lofty Ranges of Australie du Sud of Australia. We currently count 269 estates and châteaux in the of Clare Valley, producing 1076 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Clare Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes .
This is a very old grape variety grown in Greece, particularly in the southern Cyclades Islands in the Aegean Sea, and more specifically in the Santorini archipelago. It is related to gaidouria and platani. In this country, it is quite often "associated" with other grape varieties such as aïdani, athiri, malagousia, ... . Assyrtiko can be found in Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania, the United States, Mexico, South Africa, etc. Little known in France, it is nevertheless registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A.
wines from the region of Clare Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of boles de picolat (catalan meatballs), shoulder of lamb on a bed of potatoes or rabbit with kriek and cherries.
On the nose in the region of Clare Valley often reveals types of flavors of oaky, oak or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of cherry, smoke or blackberry. In the mouth in the region of Clare Valley is a powerful with a nice freshness.
