Winery ManousakisNostos Muscat of Spinas
White wine
This wine generally goes well with spicy food and sweet desserts.
The Nostos Muscat of Spinas of the Winery Manousakis is in the top 70 of wines of Crete.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Nostos Muscat of Spinas of Winery Manousakis in the region of Crete often reveals types of flavors of citrus, apples or peach and sometimes also flavors of green apple, minerality or lemon.
Food and wine pairings with Nostos Muscat of Spinas
Pairings that work perfectly with Nostos Muscat of Spinas
Original food and wine pairings with Nostos Muscat of Spinas
The Nostos Muscat of Spinas of Winery Manousakis matches generally quite well with dishes of spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of scallops with cream or traditional pastry flan.
Details and technical informations about Winery Manousakis's Nostos Muscat of Spinas.
Discover the grape variety: Optima
Intraspecific crossing between sylvaner x riesling (perhaps rieslaner) and müller-thurgau obtained in 1930 by Peter Morio (1887-1960) and Bernhard Husfeld (1900-1970) at the Siebeldingen Research Institute (Palatinate) in Germany. It can be found in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Austria, the Netherlands, Hungary, England, Canada, South Africa, Brazil, ... very little known in France. Note that Optima is the mother of the Orion grape variety.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Nostos Muscat of Spinas from Winery Manousakis are 2017, 2018, 2016, 2015
Informations about the Winery Manousakis
The Winery Manousakis is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 17 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 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.
The word of the wine: Venaison (taste of)
Wine aromas reminiscent of game (fur, leather, hare's belly).
