Top 100 wines of Rhodes
Discover the top 100 best wines of Rhodes of Dodecanese as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Rhodes and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of Rhodes
The wine region of Rhodes is located in the region of Dodecanese of Aegean Sea of Greece. Wineries and vineyards like the Alexandris Family Winery or the Domaine Kounaki produce mainly wines white, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Rhodes are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Assyrtiko, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Rhodes often reveals types of flavors of citrus, vegetal or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, tropical fruit or citrus fruit.
In the mouth of Rhodes is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth. We currently count 12 estates and châteaux in the of Rhodes, producing 86 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Rhodes go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc
Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.
Food and wine pairing with a wine of Rhodes
wines from the region of Rhodes go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of traditional flemish carbonades, rolled lamb shoulder with herbs or the garbure.
Organoleptic analysis of wine of Rhodes
On the nose in the region of Rhodes often reveals types of flavors of citrus, vegetal or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, tropical fruit or citrus fruit. In the mouth in the region of Rhodes is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
News from the vineyard of Rhodes
Napa Valley wine pioneer Donald Hess dies aged 86
The entrepreneur, vintner and art collector was surrounded by family when he passed away at the age of 86. Hess was born in Switzerland back in 1936, and he inherited a brewery close to Bern from his father. He learned the brewing tradition as an apprentice in Bavaria, and he pioneered a successful new method for producing non-alcoholic beers. Hess sold the brewery and reinvested the proceeds in a mineral spring in Vals, a village close to the Italian border. He turned Valser into Switzerland’s ...
The Irancy appellation seen by Clotilde Davenne
Clotilde Davenne, from the eponymous estate, mentions the cherry as a main characteristic of the Irancy appellation. She tells us about the Pinot Noir variety which reveals, in its northern location of Bourgogne, lots of freshness and fruitiness that gives the appellation a very special place among the wines of the region. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (June 2020). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines Twitter: https: ...
Walls: top northern Rhône reds under £30
In preparation for this column I tasted 46 reds in total, and – taking both quality and value into account – I can recommend 33 of them. Overall, the reds were less consistent than the whites, and although the lows were lower, the highs were higher. This tasting confirmed that it’s still possible to buy genuinely excellent northern Rhône reds for under £30 in the UK. That being said, it’s virtually impossible to find any Cornas, Côte-Rôtie or Hermitage for under £30 a bottle these days, but ther ...