The Winery Manousakis is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 16 wines for sale in of Crete to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Manousakis wines in Crete among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Manousakis 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 Winery Manousakis wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Manousakis wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of pork tongue with tomato sauce and pickles, leg of lamb with crust or seafood, chorizo and chicken paella from patou.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Manousakis. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, smoke or earthy and sometimes also flavors of blackberry, tobacco or vanilla.
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.
How Winery Manousakis wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of coral lentil salad or very simple muffins.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Manousakis. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, grapefruit or tropical and sometimes also flavors of citrus, apples or peach.
White muscat is a white grape variety of Greek origin. Present in several Mediterranean vineyards, it has several synonyms such as muscat de Die, muscat blanc and frontignac. In France, it occupies a little less than 7,000 ha out of a total of 45,000 ha worldwide. Its young shoots are downy. Its youngest leaves are shiny, bronzed and scabrous. The berries and bunches of this variety are all medium-sized. The flesh of the berries is juicy, sweet and firm. Muscat à petits grains has a second ripening period and buds early in the year. It is moderately vigorous and must be pruned short. It likes poor, stony slopes. This variety is often exposed to spring frosts. It fears mildew, wasps, grape worms, court-noué, grey rot and powdery mildew. Muscat à petits grains is used to make rosé wines and dry white wines. Orange, brown sugar, barley sugar and raisins are the known aromas of these wines.
How Winery Manousakis wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of roasted fillet of beef with parsley, lamb kebab or daube niçoise.
On the nose the pink wine of Winery Manousakis. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, grapefruit or citrus and sometimes also flavors of minerality, strawberries or pomegranate.
Harvesting in several successive passages to harvest at their optimal concentration the grapes affected by noble rot. They allow the production of great sweet wines.
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This is a very old grape variety grown in Greece, particularly in the southern Cyclades Islands in the Aegean Sea, and more specifically in the Santorini archipelago. It is related to gaidouria and platani. In this country, it is quite often "associated" with other grape varieties such as aïdani, athiri, malagousia, ... . Assyrtiko can be found in Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania, the United States, Mexico, South Africa, etc. Little known in France, it is nevertheless registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A.
