The Winery Alexakis of Crete

Winery Alexakis
The winery offers 31 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 17 of the estates of Crete.
It is located in Crete

The Winery Alexakis is one of the world's great estates. It offers 31 wines for sale in of Crete to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Alexakis wines

Looking for the best Winery Alexakis wines in Crete among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Alexakis wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Alexakis wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Alexakis

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Alexakis

How Winery Alexakis wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of express veal stew in a pressure cooker, marinated lamb chops or express seafood spaghetti.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Alexakis

On the nose the red wine of Winery Alexakis. often reveals types of flavors of oak, red fruit or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, microbio or spices.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Alexakis

  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.61/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Alexakis.

  • Kotsifali
  • Mandilaria
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discovering the wine region of Crete

The wine region of Crete of Greece. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Lyrarakis or the Domaine Economou (Oikonomoy) produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Crete are Vidiano, Vilana and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Crete often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, cocoa or raisin and sometimes also flavors of mushroom, red cherry or red fruit.

We currently count 68 estates and châteaux in the of Crete, producing 394 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Crete go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food.

The top sweet wines of Winery Alexakis

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Alexakis

How Winery Alexakis wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of sweet desserts such as recipes of plain cupcakes.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Alexakis

  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Alexakis.

  • Moscato

Discover the grape variety: Moscato

The top white wines of Winery Alexakis

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Alexakis

How Winery Alexakis wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Alexakis

On the nose the white wine of Winery Alexakis. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Alexakis

  • 2008With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.61/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.57/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.51/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Alexakis.

  • Vilana
  • Assyrtiko
  • Athiri
  • Vidiano
  • Malvasia di Candia Aromatica

The word of the wine: Caudalie

Unit of measurement corresponding to one second and allowing to quantify the aromatic persistence of a wine in mouth (length in mouth).

The top pink wines of Winery Alexakis

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Alexakis

How Winery Alexakis wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of sweet desserts such as recipes of tiramisu (original recipe).

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Alexakis.

  • Moscato
  • Kotsifali

Discover the grape variety: Vilana

A very old grape variety grown in Greece - one of the main ones - most often at high altitude, it is said to have originated on the island of Crete. It can also be found in Italy, but is practically unknown in France. D.N.A. analyses have shown that it is related to Thrapsthiri and Vidiano.

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Planning a wine route in the of Crete? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Alexakis.

Discover the grape variety: Vidiano

A very old grape variety grown in Greece, mostly at high altitudes, it is believed to have originated on the island of Crete. It can also be found in the United States, but is practically unknown in France. According to A.D.N. analyses, it is related to Thrapsthiri and Vilana.

News about Winery Alexakis and wines from the region

The Mâcon plus appellation seen by Charles Lamboley

Charles Lamboley, marketing and communication director from Vignerons des Terres Secrètes, explains the differences between the appellation Mâcon-Villages and Mâcon plus a geographical denomination. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (March 2020). The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of t ...

The Mâcon plus appellation seen by Charles Lamboley

Charles Lamboley, marketing and communication director from Vignerons des Terres Secrètes, explains the differences between the appellation Mâcon-Villages and Mâcon plus a geographical denomination. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (March 2020). The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of t ...

The Mâcon plus appellation seen by Charles Lamboley

Charles Lamboley, marketing and communication director from Vignerons des Terres Secrètes, explains the differences between the appellation Mâcon-Villages and Mâcon plus a geographical denomination. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (March 2020). The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of t ...

The word of the wine: Caudalie

Unit of measurement corresponding to one second and allowing to quantify the aromatic persistence of a wine in mouth (length in mouth).

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