Top 100 red wines of Letrina
Discover the top 100 best red wines of Letrina of Ilia as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the red wines that are popular of Letrina and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of Letrina
The wine region of Letrina is located in the region of Ilia of Peloponnesos of Greece. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Mercouri Estate or the Domaine Mercouri Estate produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Letrina are Albarino, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Letrina often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or black fruit.
We currently count 1 estates and châteaux in the of Letrina, producing 4 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Letrina go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.
News from the vineyard of Letrina
New group promotes regenerative viticulture in climate battle
Launched at London fine wine club 67 Pall Mall on 28 March, the Regenerative Viticulture Foundation (RVF) is the brainchild of Stephen Cronk, owner of Maison Mirabeau in Provence. Cronk, who has seen extreme weather events ranging from exceptional frosts to the worst forest fires in living memory in the three years he has owned Mirabeau, feels that one of the most important ways we can fight climate change is through ‘unlearning’ current approaches to land stewardship. ‘This is a critical moment ...
Andrea Franchetti: Obituary
Andrea Franchetti, one of the most talented and visionary Italian producers, has died at the age of 72 in Rome. In 30 years exactly, he positioned his superTuscan Trinoro among the top Italian references, producing a wine with stylish elegance and outstanding potential for ageing. Franchetti’s Bordeaux blends were without the over-extractions that were on-trend in the 2000s, nor the excess of fruit following phenolic maturity. He followed a precise idea to produce classic wines for the long haul ...
Hugh Johnson: ‘I’ve formed a bond with Grillo and flirted with Verdicchio’
I’d like to say we took advantage of the lockdown and its related commotion to do a stock-take, explore new avenues, turn over intriguing stones, widen and deepen our drinking, taking careful notes as we went. Sadly, no. I won’t say we got stuck in a rut, but we did tend to stick with comfort wines – and “comfort”, in our case, means familiar. Regular readers of this quarterly column can probably guess the labels on the resulting empties. We have a wider range of comfort foods, I’m afraid, than ...