The Efrosini Winery of Crete

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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 beef pot-au-feu, leg of lamb brissac (leftover leg of lamb) or spicy chicken and mustard pie.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Efrosini Winery

  • 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 rosbeef casserole mamie, trapper's barbecue or stuffed round zucchini.

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
  • 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: 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.

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 chicken ballotine with ham and mushrooms, sardines with escabeche 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
  • 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: Marcottage

A vine reproduction technique that consists of burying a vine shoot that takes root and reproduces a plant with the same characteristics as the vine to which it is attached (synonym: provignage).

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.

News about Efrosini Winery and wines from the region

EU grants member states the right to use resistant hybrid varieties in appellation wines

Following a recent modification of EU rules, member states are now allowed to employ resistant varieties in the production of wines with protected denominations of origin (PDO). The decision, published last week in the Official Journal of the European Union, is part of a wider revision of previous regulations that established common quality schemes, organisation of the market, definitions, descriptions, presentations, and labelling of European agricultural products and foodstuffs. Before the ann ...

Plans to rebuild after wildfire damages rare vines in Crete

Growers in the village of Melambes in Crete saw devastating wildfires cause ‘complete damage to 300 acres (121.4 hectares) of old pre-phylloxera vines’ in July, according to an online crowdfunding page created to support viticulture in the area and help those affected. Although fire burned 90% of the vineyard, it’s hoped some damaged vines can be rescued, said winemaker Iliana Malihin, of her namesake winery and who has spearheaded a community project to revive the site in recent years. Ye ...

Are Bordeaux and Napa close to ‘tipping point’ on global warming? – Study

Writing in the Oeno One journal, researchers said climate data showed a significant increase in average growing season temperatures in both Napa and Bordeaux, particularly since the 1980s. So far the warmer conditions have generally contributed to better average wine quality, noted the authors, from the University of Bordeaux’s ISVV Institut des Sciences de la Vigne et du Vin and UC Davis. Yet, they questioned how long this would continue. The authors said: ‘In Napa and Bordeaux, viticulture has ...

The word of the wine: Marcottage

A vine reproduction technique that consists of burying a vine shoot that takes root and reproduces a plant with the same characteristics as the vine to which it is attached (synonym: provignage).

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