Winery AvantisAvantis Estate White
White wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Assyrtiko and the Viognier.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or game (deer, venison).
The Avantis Estate White of the Winery Avantis is in the top 10 of wines of Evia.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Avantis Estate White of Winery Avantis in the region of Continental Greece often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, cream or grapefruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical, citrus or apples.
Food and wine pairings with Avantis Estate White
Pairings that work perfectly with Avantis Estate White
Original food and wine pairings with Avantis Estate White
The Avantis Estate White of Winery Avantis matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or shellfish such as recipes of nanie's diced ham quiche, roast deer my grandmother's way or natural breton lobster.
Details and technical informations about Winery Avantis's Avantis Estate White.
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Avantis Estate White from Winery Avantis are 2019, 2016, 2015, 2018 and 2014.
Informations about the Winery Avantis
The Winery Avantis is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 41 wines for sale in the of Evia to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Evia
The wine region of Evia is located in the region of Continental Greece of Greece. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Avantis or the Domaine Avantis produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Evia are Merlot, Assyrtiko and Viognier, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Evia often reveals types of flavors of cherry, apples or spices and sometimes also flavors of black olive, red fruit or black fruit.
The wine region of Continental Greece
CentralGreece is a large geographical region in the heart of mainland Greece. Home to around 4. 5 million Greeks and the capital city, Athens, the region is also the birthplace of one of the country's most famous wines, Retsina. ALong with this idiosyncratic wine (which is mostly made from the local Savatiano grape), many Dry red and white wines are produced in Central Greece, from varieties as far-ranging as Assyrtico, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and Athiri.
The word of the wine: Chaptalization
The addition of sugar at the time of fermentation of the must, an ancient practice, but theorized by Jean-Antoine Chaptal at the dawn of the 19th century. The sugar is transformed into alcohol and allows the natural degree of the wine to be raised in a weak or cold year, or - more questionably - when the winegrower has a harvest that is too large to obtain good maturity.
