Winery KaravitakisSyrah

Red wine of Crete of Greece

3.7

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

Tasters generally liked this wine.

The Syrah of Winery Karavitakis is a red wine from the region of Crete.
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Oak

Earth

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

Food and wine pairings with Syrah

Pairings that work perfectly with Syrah

Original food and wine pairings with Syrah

Spicy food

The Syrah of Winery Karavitakis matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of roast beef with pepper, oven-baked lamb stew or sun wheat.

Details and technical informations about Winery Karavitakis's Syrah.

Winery

Winery Karavitakis

Grape varieties

Region/Great wine region

Crete

Country

Greece

Style of wine

Red

Allergens

Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Schoenburger

This variety is the result of an intraspecific cross between Pinot Noir and Pirovano 1 (Chasselas rose x Hamburg Muscat), obtained in 1939 by Heinrich Birk at the Geinsenheim Research Station (Germany). It can be found not only in Germany but also in Great Britain, Belgium, Italy, the Czech Republic, Brazil, South Africa, Australia, the United States, Canada, etc. In France, it is almost unknown.

Last vintages of this wine

Syrah - 2014

In the top 100 of of Crete wines

Average rating: 3.7

Syrah - 2012

In the top 100 of of Crete wines

Average rating: 3.8

The best vintages of Syrah from Winery Karavitakis are 2012, 2014

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 20 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 2000 of of Greece wines

In the top 200 of of Crete wines

In the top 200000 of red wines

In the top 350000 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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