Winery KaravitakisEliá Refosco

Red wine of Crete of Greece

4.0

(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)

Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.

The Eliá Refosco of Winery Karavitakis is a red wine from the region of Crete.
This wine generally goes well with

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Oak

On the nose the Eliá Refosco of Winery Karavitakis in the region of Crete often reveals types of flavors of oak.

Details and technical informations about Winery Karavitakis's Eliá Refosco.

Winery

Winery Karavitakis

Grape varieties

Region/Great wine region

Crete

Country

Greece

Style of wine

Red

Allergens

Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Douce noire

The douce noire, as its name indicates, is a black grape variety. It originated in the region between the valleys of the Isère and Saône rivers. Often in autumn, its foliage takes on a red hue. The bunches of the black sweet are larger than average. They are compact and winged. Spherical, its berries are of normal size. The flesh is juicy, soft and sweet. Although it is on the verge of extinction, this variety is still present in some Jura vineyards. Some call it corbeau, especially in Savoie, but it has other names such as gros noir, plant de Calarin and pecot. The sweet black is associated with an average budding and a late first ripening. Hardy and vigorous, it adapts to poorly irrigated soils. This variety produces a wine with low alcohol content, flat, soft and without much finesse. It should be consumed within the year. Sweet black is generally grown with Persian. It must be associated with other grape varieties to be better. Nowadays, this variety is not multiplied at all.

Last vintages of this wine

Eliá Refosco - 2008

In the top 100 of of Crete wines

Average rating: 4

The best vintages of Eliá Refosco from Winery Karavitakis are 2008

Informations about the Winery Karavitakis

The winery offers 42 different wines.

Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.

It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region

It is located in Crete

The Winery Karavitakis is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 43 wines for sale in the of Crete to come and discover on site or to buy online.

In the top 1500 of of Greece wines

In the top 150 of of Crete wines

In the top 150000 of red wines

In the top 250000 wines of the world

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.

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