Winery Lyrarakis Plyto
White wine
This wine generally goes well with
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Plyto of Winery Lyrarakis in the region of Crete often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, floral or tropical fruit.
Details and technical informations about Winery Lyrarakis's Plyto.
Discover the grape variety: Mireille
A cross between Italia and Perle de Csaba, registered in 1972 in the Official Catalogue of cultivated table grape varieties, list A1. Mireille has been very little propagated and is therefore almost unknown in France and abroad. - Synonymy: no known synonyms (for all the synonyms of the varieties, click here!).
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Plyto from Winery Lyrarakis are 2012, 2016, 2014, 2013 and 2011.
Informations about the Winery Lyrarakis
The Winery Lyrarakis is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 39 wines for sale in the of Crete to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Crete
The wine region du Crete in 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 66 estates and châteaux in the of Crete, producing 378 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Crete go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian.
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The word of the wine: Beurré
Typical aroma of white wines aged in oak barrels and wines that have undergone malolactic fermentation.
