The Domaine de Kalathas of Crete

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The winery offers 15 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 65 of the estates of Crete.
It is located in Crete

The Domaine de Kalathas is one of the world's great estates. It offers 15 wines for sale in of Crete to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Domaine de Kalathas wines

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

The top white wines of Domaine de Kalathas

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Domaine de Kalathas

How Domaine de Kalathas wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Domaine de Kalathas

On the nose the white wine of Domaine de Kalathas. often reveals types of flavors of orange, honey or oil and sometimes also flavors of earth, microbio or citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Domaine de Kalathas

  • 2016With an average score of 4.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Domaine de Kalathas.

  • Potamissi

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 pink wines of Domaine de Kalathas

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Domaine de Kalathas

How Domaine de Kalathas wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Domaine de Kalathas

On the nose the pink wine of Domaine de Kalathas. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Domaine de Kalathas

  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Domaine de Kalathas.

  • Potamissi
  • Mandilaria

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot is a red grape variety with small black berries that appeared at the end of the 18th century. It is produced in most of the Bordeaux terroirs, where it represents 58% of the planted area, and its best terroir is located in Pomerol and Saint-Emilion on cool, clay-limestone soils. At the mythical Château Pétrus, the wine is made with 95% Merlot, with a dark, dense colour, aromas of red and black fruits and a superb range of flavours, the Merlot transforms during its ageing to give way to notes of prunes, undergrowth and spices. On the palate, it is supple with distinguished tannins. It is often blended with Cabernet Sauvignon. Merlot is no longer exclusive to Bordeaux, it is nowadays vinified all over the world.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Domaine de Kalathas

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 Domaine de Kalathas.

Discover the grape variety: Italia Rubi

Pink selection made in Brazil, following a natural coloured mutation of the italia, discovered in 1981 by San Giorgio Jonico. Since 24.08.2009, it is registered in the Official Catalogue of table grape varieties, list A1. In Italy, a more colourful mutation of the Rubi was discovered, called benitaka, which is more uniform in berry colour and ripens about a week earlier. The black brasil variety, which can be found in Brazil, is said to be a natural mutation of benitaka. Finally, Rubi should not be confused with ruby seedless, also a pink apyrene grape.

News about Domaine de Kalathas and wines from the region

Drought and heat drive early wine harvests in Europe

Severe drought and heatwaves have provided challenges for wine producers across Europe in 2022, from maintaining vine health to concerns about – and the impact of – wildfires. Early harvests have been a feature of the vintage and reports emerged this week of records being broken at some white wine-producing estates in Bordeaux. Spain’s Caserío de Dueñas estate in DO Rueda said it began a record early harvest on 16 August this year. While drought and heat have put pressure on yields in some regio ...

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 ...

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: Sparkling

Equivalent to effervescent, this term is used among others to designate the "natural sparkling wines" produced in the Montlouis appellation.

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