The Efrosini Winery of Crete

Efrosini Winery
The winery offers 13 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 213 of the estates of Crete.
It is located in Crete

The Efrosini Winery is one of the best wineries to follow in Crete.. It offers 13 wines for sale in of Crete to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Efrosini Winery wines

Looking for the best Efrosini Winery wines in Crete among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Efrosini Winery 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 Efrosini Winery wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top pink wines of Efrosini Winery

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Efrosini Winery

How Efrosini Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of improved horse steak, lamb shoulder confit with harissa or chinese noodles with shrimp.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Efrosini Winery

  • 0With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Mandilaria
  • Kotsifali
  • Liatiko
  • 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 red wines of Efrosini Winery

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Efrosini Winery

How Efrosini Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of monkfish tail with white butter, couscous merguez or braised chicken and plantains.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Efrosini Winery

On the nose the red wine of Efrosini Winery. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Efrosini Winery

  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.56/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.45/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Liatiko
  • Kotsifali
  • Mandilaria
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discover the grape variety: Assyrtiko

This is a very old grape variety grown in Greece, particularly in the southern Cyclades Islands in the Aegean Sea, and more specifically in the Santorini archipelago. It is related to gaidouria and platani. In this country, it is quite often "associated" with other grape varieties such as aïdani, athiri, malagousia, ... . Assyrtiko can be found in Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania, the United States, Mexico, South Africa, etc. Little known in France, it is nevertheless registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A.

The top white wines of Efrosini Winery

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Efrosini Winery

How Efrosini Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of quick brioche sausage, sea bream with sweet spices or quiche without pastry.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Efrosini Winery

On the nose the white wine of Efrosini Winery. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or tropical fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Efrosini Winery

  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.54/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.20/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Thrapsathiri
  • Vidiano
  • Assyrtiko
  • Malvasia

The word of the wine: Alcoholic fermentation

Transformation of sugars into alcohol under the effect of yeast. These yeasts exist in their natural state in the vineyards and in the cellars. Artificial seeding with selected yeasts is however very often practiced.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Efrosini Winery

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 Efrosini Winery.

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

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