The Winery Massandra (Массандра) of Crimea

Winery Massandra (Массандра)
The winery offers 174 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 2 of the estates of Crimea.
It is located in Crimea

The Winery Massandra (Массандра) is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 174 wines for sale in of Crimea to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Massandra (Массандра) wines

Looking for the best Winery Massandra (Массандра) wines in Crimea among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Massandra (Массандра) 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 Massandra (Массандра) wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Massandra (Массандра)

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Massandra (Массандра)

How Winery Massandra (Массандра) wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of spaghetti bolognese, lamb collar with mustard or chicken massala.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Massandra (Массандра)

  • 2009With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.67/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.67/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.51/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Massandra (Массандра).

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Saperavi
  • Aleatico
  • Bastardo Magarachsky
  • Merlot
  • Kefessiya

Discovering the wine region of Crimea

Turkey, located on the Anatolian peninsula between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, produces more grapes than any other country in the world. However, only a very small proportion of these grapes are made into wine; as a predominantly Muslim nation, Turkey's per capita Alcohol consumption is very low. The lack of wine production in Turkey is highly ironic, as wine historians believe that viticulture and winemaking originated in this Part of the world. Archaeological projects in Turkey and neighboring countries in the Levant have uncovered evidence suggesting that primitive VineBreeding was part of life here more than 6,000 years ago, which explains the abundance of wine grapes (vinifera).

The most commonly used wine grapes in Turkey are those used as table grapes, the only use they could be put to during the seven centuries of Ottoman rule. Ampelographic research has suggested that Turkey is home to between 500 and 1000 distinct varieties of vinifera grapes. Although Turkey's wine history is one of the oldest in the world, the modern Turkish wine industry is very Young. Turkey only began producing wine again in 1925, as a symbol of the nation's modernization and westernization.

The founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, established the country's oldest winery. The largest winery in modern Turkey is owned by tobacco giant Tekel (whose name translates as "monopoly"), now a subsidiary of British American Tobacco. Turkey's transcontinental location, between the deserts of Arabia (its eastern neighbours are Syria, Iraq and Iran) and the seas of Eastern Europe (the Mediterranean, the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea), results in significant climatic variations within its borders. While the western coastal regions have a temperate Mediterranean Climate, with hot, Dry summers and milder, wetter winters, the northern regions (on the Black Sea) have significantly higher humidity in summer and colder winters.

The top white wines of Winery Massandra (Массандра)

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Massandra (Массандра)

How Winery Massandra (Массандра) wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of spicy food, sweet desserts or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of monkfish with curry, plain cupcakes or baked salmon with tomato.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Massandra (Массандра)

On the nose the white wine of Winery Massandra (Массандра). often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of dried fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Massandra (Массандра)

  • 2008With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.12/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 1894With an average score of 3.97/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.85/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Massandra (Массандра).

  • Kokur Bely
  • Muscat Blanc
  • Aligoté
  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Gris

Discover the grape variety: Aléatico

Aleatico noir is a grape variety originating from Italy. 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 medium-sized bunches and medium-sized grapes. Aléatico noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

The top natural sweet wines of Winery Massandra (Массандра)

Food and wine pairings with a natural sweet wine of Winery Massandra (Массандра)

How Winery Massandra (Массандра) wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of traditional hungarian goulash, sauté of lamb or chicken massala.

Organoleptic analysis of natural sweet wines of Winery Massandra (Массандра)

On the nose the natural sweet wine of Winery Massandra (Массандра). often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, non oak or oak.

The best vintages in the natural sweet wines of Winery Massandra (Массандра)

  • 1894With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.96/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.84/5

The grape varieties most used in the natural sweet wines of Winery Massandra (Массандра).

  • Rkatsiteli
  • Kokur Bely
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Albillo

The word of the wine: Flowable

A supple, easy-drinking wine with little consistency in the mouth.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Massandra (Массандра)

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Massandra (Массандра)

How Winery Massandra (Массандра) wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Massandra (Массандра)

  • 2019With an average score of 2.93/5
  • 2018With an average score of 2.79/5

Discover the grape variety: White muscat

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.

The top sweet wines of Winery Massandra (Массандра)

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Massandra (Массандра)

How Winery Massandra (Массандра) wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of fillet of beef in a foie gras and truffle crust, sausage and vegetable risotto with cookéo or coral lentil dahl.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Massandra (Массандра)

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Massandra (Массандра). often reveals types of flavors of microbio, oak or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of dried fruit, earth or black fruit.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Massandra (Массандра)

  • 2003With an average score of 4.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.08/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.07/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.06/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.06/5
  • 1944With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Massandra (Массандра).

  • Muscat Blanc
  • Kokur Bely
  • Muscatel
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Aligoté
  • Moscato

The word of the wine: Foaming

Name given to the second alcoholic fermentation that sparkling wines undergo. It gives rise to a release of carbon dioxide in the bottle.

The top pink wines of Winery Massandra (Массандра)

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Massandra (Массандра)

How Winery Massandra (Массандра) wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of yassa chicken (senegal) or very simple muffins.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Massandra (Массандра)

  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Massandra (Массандра).

  • Muscat Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Rkatsiteli

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Massandra (Массандра)

Planning a wine route in the of Crimea? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Massandra (Массандра).

Discover the grape variety: Muscatel

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The word of the wine: Flowable

A supple, easy-drinking wine with little consistency in the mouth.