Winery Lyrarakis - Symbolo Grand Cuvée

Winery LyrarakisSymbolo Grand Cuvée

4.3
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(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 Symbolo Grand Cuvée of Winery Lyrarakis is a red wine from the region of Crete.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or lamb.
The Symbolo Grand Cuvée of the Winery Lyrarakis is in the top 10 of wines of Greece and in the top 10 of wines of Crete.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

oak, chocolate

Wine with earth taste

forest floor, leather

Wine with spices taste

pepper

Wine with floral taste

violet

On the nose the Symbolo Grand Cuvée of Winery Lyrarakis in the region of Crete often reveals types of flavors of oaky, blackberry or pepper and sometimes also flavors of dark fruit, earth or oak.

Details and technical informations about Winery Lyrarakis's Symbolo Grand Cuvée.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet-Sauvignon

Cabernet-Sauvignon noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. Cabernet-Sauvignon noir can be found in many vineyards: South-West, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Rhone Valley, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Last vintages of this wine

Symbolo Grand Cuvée - 2014
In the top 10 of of Crete wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Symbolo Grand Cuvée - 2012
In the top 10 of of Crete wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Symbolo Grand Cuvée - 2008
In the top 10 of of Crete wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Symbolo Grand Cuvée - 2005
In the top 10 of of Crete wines
Average rating: 411110

The best vintages of Symbolo Grand Cuvée from Winery Lyrarakis are 2012, 2014, 2008, 2005

Informations about the Winery Lyrarakis

The winery offers 55 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Crete

The Winery Lyrarakis is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 53 wines for sale in the of Crete to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Crete
In the top 20 of of Greece wines
In the top 10 of of Crete wines
In the top 4500 of red wines
In the top 6000 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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The Mâcon plus appellation seen by Charles Lamboley

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The Mâcon plus appellation seen by Charles Lamboley

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The word of the wine: AOC

Appellation d'origine contrôlée. The most prestigious category of French wines created in the 1930s on the basis of quality criteria defined by a geographical delimitation, a chosen grape variety and precise production rules.

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