The Winery Massandra (Массандра) of Crimea

Winery Massandra (Массандра) - Alushta (Алушта)
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 stuffed beef rolls, lamb tagine with dried fruits and herbs or pho soup.

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, yoghurt cake or half-cooked bluefin tuna.

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: Saperavi

Originally from Georgia - Kakhetie region - where it has been cultivated for a long time. This variety is found in many countries such as Russia, Bulgaria, the Caucasus and Crimean republics, etc. Care should be taken not to confuse it with others, which are admittedly quite similar, but which bear the name Saperavi, generally followed by another name. In France, the "real Saperavi" is practically unknown, it is however registered since November 2012 in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties list A1.

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 meat and goat pie, shoulder of lamb stuffed with cognac or traditional lamb couscous (from algeria).

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: Eye

In tasting, this is the first phase of the analysis of the wine, which consists of describing its visual aspect (colour, intensity, clarity, brilliance and possible defects).

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: Aligoté

Aligoté is an ancient Burgundian grape variety (it has different names depending on the region in which it is grown: griset blanc in Beaune, giboudot blanc in the Chalonnais or troyen blanc in the Aube), mainly used in the production of Bourgogne-Aligoté, Bouzeron and Crémant-de-Bourgogne.aligoté is a medium-fine white grape variety, quite productive, which gives clear, acidic, fresh and light white wines. An anecdote often says that it was a member of the clergy named Kir who gave it its letters of nobility by adding it to blackcurrant cream to prepare an aperitif.produced on more than 1,600 hectares in Burgundy, aligoté has also been exported. It is also cultivated in Eastern Europe (Ukraine, Romania), California, Canada and Chile, representing more than 20,000 hectares in the world.

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 beef and spice stuffed peppers, lamb meatballs with mint or chakchouka.

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: VDQS

Delimited wine of superior quality. A level of appellation (today, barely 1% of French production) which constitutes the ultimate step before the accession to the AOC.

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 chicken tajine with prunes or quick chocolate fudge cake.

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: Pinot gris

Pinot Gris is a grey grape variety mutated from Pinot Noir. It has its origins in Burgundy, where it is called pinot-beurot in reference to the colour of the grey robes worn by the monks of the region. Established in Alsace since the 17th century, pinot gris was called tokay until 2007. It is made up of bunches of small berries that vary in colour from pink to blue-grey. It is particularly well suited to the continental climate because it is resistant to the cold in winter and to spring frosts. This variety also likes dry limestone soils with plenty of sunshine in the summer. Pinot Gris is well suited to late harvesting or to the selection of noble grapes, depending on the year and the concentration of sugars in the berries. Pinot Gris wines are distinguished by their aromatic complexity of white fruits, mushrooms, honey, vanilla, cinnamon, etc., and their great finesse. In the Loire Valley, pinot gris is used in the Coteaux-d'Ancenis appellations. It gives dry or sweet wines with pear and peach aromas.

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: 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.

News about Winery Massandra (Массандра) and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Eye

In tasting, this is the first phase of the analysis of the wine, which consists of describing its visual aspect (colour, intensity, clarity, brilliance and possible defects).