Winery Creta OlympiasIsle Creta Red
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Isle Creta Red
Pairings that work perfectly with Isle Creta Red
Original food and wine pairings with Isle Creta Red
The Isle Creta Red of Winery Creta Olympias matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef tagine with prunes and almonds, lamb tagine with prunes or traditional hungarian goulash.
Details and technical informations about Winery Creta Olympias's Isle Creta Red.
Discover the grape variety: Muscat d'Alexandrie
Muscat of Alexandria is known under several dozen other names. From Zibibbu di Sicilia to Roman Muscat to Acherfield's early Muscat. Its rich repertoire of appellations comes from its popularity, as consumers prefer it to all other white grapes. More than 55,000 hectares of vineyards are planted with this grape throughout the world, and the Pyrenees Orientales is the best place to find it in France. Preferring long pruning, this grape variety displays excellent vigor. Its productivity is equally enviable, yielding up to 4 kilos per vine.Muscat d'Alexandrie is drought-resistant and promises very sweet, juicy and firm berries protected by a thin skin. The fruits are medium in size and gather in compact, narrow and long clusters of medium span. The musky flavour makes for very good natural sweet wines.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Isle Creta Red from Winery Creta Olympias are 0
Informations about the Winery Creta Olympias
The Winery Creta Olympias is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 23 wines for sale in the of Crete to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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.
The word of the wine: Perlant
Said of a slightly effervescent wine.
