Top 100 wines of Pitsilia
Discover the top 100 best wines of Pitsilia of Pitsilia as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Pitsilia and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of Pitsilia
The wine region of Pitsilia is located in the region of Lefkosia of Cyprus. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Tσiakkaς or the Domaine Tσiakkaς produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Pitsilia are Merlot, Chardonnay and Agiorgitiko, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Pitsilia often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.
We currently count 3 estates and châteaux in the of Pitsilia, producing 21 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Pitsilia go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).
News from the vineyard of Pitsilia
‘Ultra-rare’ Olivier Bernstein jeroboam sells for £57,000
Cult Wines partnered with Olivier Bernstein to offer the ‘ultra-rare’ jeroboam from the 2017 vintage via its new CultX digital trading platform. An auction hammer price of £57,000 ($69,000) was just under the pre-sale high estimate of £60,000. Cult Wines said the jeroboam set a new benchmark price for Romanée-St-Vivant grand cru and was sold for the equivalent of £14,250 per 75cl bottle – again demonstrating the strength of the market for high-end Burgundy wines. ‘Given the scarcity ...
Walls: Tasting Hermitage 2001 20 years on
In 2001, George W. Bush was sworn in as the 43rd President of the United States. Meanwhile in the UK, Tony Blair led the Labour Party to its second landslide victory. A lot can change over the course of 20 years. According to many Rhône winemakers and wine collectors, this is how long a bottle of Hermitage should lay undisturbed until you open it. Is it really worth the wait? I recently tasted 11 Hermitage 2001s – seven red, two white, two sweet – to test the 20 year hypothesis and see how these ...
Walls: Brézème and Seyssuel – sleeping beauties of the Northern Rhône
By 1965, the vineyards of Condrieu had largely been abandoned – phylloxera and two world wars had decimated the place and its people. There were just 8ha of vines remaining on these granite slopes. If it weren’t for the hard work of a few steadfast vignerons, the appellation might have disappeared entirely, reclaimed by the forest. Thankfully, Condrieu survived and has since flourished – but great appellations have been lost before. We know this because some have recently been rediscovered. In f ...