The Winery Michalakis of Heraklion of Crete

Winery Michalakis - Gold Cuvée White
The winery offers 50 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.1.
It is ranked in the top 24 of the estates of Crete.
It is located in Heraklion in the region of Crete

The Winery Michalakis is one of the world's great estates. It offers 50 wines for sale in of Heraklion to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Michalakis wines

Looking for the best Winery Michalakis wines in Heraklion among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Michalakis 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 Michalakis wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Michalakis

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Michalakis

How Winery Michalakis wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of suckling pig leg in the oven, bacalhau com natas or garantita or karantita (algerian recipe).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Michalakis

On the nose the white wine of Winery Michalakis. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, earth or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, tropical fruit or microbio.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Michalakis

  • 2010With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.56/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.53/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.37/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.16/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Michalakis.

  • Vilana
  • Dafni
  • Plyto
  • Thrapsathiri
  • Malvasia di Candia Aromatica
  • Chardonnay

Discovering the wine region of Heraklion

The wine region of Heraklion is located in the region of Crete of Greece. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Zacharioudakis or the Domaine Alexakis produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Heraklion are Vilana, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Vidiano, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Heraklion often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, spices or smoke and sometimes also flavors of grass, vegetal or honey.

We currently count 10 estates and châteaux in the of Heraklion, producing 77 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Heraklion go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food.

The top red wines of Winery Michalakis

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Michalakis

How Winery Michalakis wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of lomo saltado, lamb shoulder cooked for 5 hours or duck breast with orange sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Michalakis

On the nose the red wine of Winery Michalakis. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, peach or grass and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, tree fruit or citrus fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Michalakis. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Michalakis

  • 2009With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.48/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.41/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Michalakis.

  • Kotsifali
  • Mandilaria
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Plyto
  • Agiorgitiko

Discover the grape variety: Vilana

A very old grape variety grown in Greece - one of the main ones - most often at high altitude, it is said to have originated on the island of Crete. It can also be found in Italy, but is practically unknown in France. D.N.A. analyses have shown that it is related to Thrapsthiri and Vidiano.

The top pink wines of Winery Michalakis

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Michalakis

How Winery Michalakis wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Michalakis

  • 2016With an average score of 2.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Michalakis.

  • Mandilaria
  • Kotsifali

The word of the wine: Glycerol

Alcohol very present in wine (after ethyl alcohol) and which reinforces its unctuousness and fatty sensation.

The top sweet wines of Winery Michalakis

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Michalakis

How Winery Michalakis wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Michalakis

  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Michalakis.

  • Korinthiaki
  • Mavrodafni

Discover the grape variety: Agiorgitiko

It is very old in Greece, most certainly originating from the Aegean islands of Santorini(i) to be precise, where it is still the second black variety cultivated today. It is found in Canada (Quebec), in France it is practically unknown, although it is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A1.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Michalakis

Planning a wine route in the of Heraklion? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Michalakis.

Discover the grape variety: Vidiano

A very old grape variety grown in Greece, mostly at high altitudes, it is believed to have originated on the island of Crete. It can also be found in the United States, but is practically unknown in France. According to A.D.N. analyses, it is related to Thrapsthiri and Vilana.

News about Winery Michalakis and wines from the region

Aldo Fiordelli: ‘The east-facing vineyard absorbs the morning’s first sunlight’

I’m fortunate enough to taste a fair amount of fine wine each year and I have come to the conclusion that each of us is forced to build our own stylistic preferences, regardless of the appellation or classification of a wine. Instead of simply choosing a bottle of Bordeaux over Barolo, for example, most of us probably aim to drink each on the right occasion and, in doing so, carve out our individual preferences for these wines. My personal bias – which I must confess, to be fair and transp ...

Walls: Tasting Hermitage 2001 20 years on

In 2001, George W. Bush was sworn in as the 43rd President of the United States. Meanwhile in the UK, Tony Blair led the Labour Party to its second landslide victory. A lot can change over the course of 20 years. According to many Rhône winemakers and wine collectors, this is how long a bottle of Hermitage should lay undisturbed until you open it. Is it really worth the wait? I recently tasted 11 Hermitage 2001s – seven red, two white, two sweet – to test the 20 year hypothesis and see how these ...

La Rioja Alta expands with ‘artisanal vineyard’ deals

Guillermo de Aranzabal Bittner, a director at La Rioja Alta, said the company had acquired 35ha of old vines, with a minimum age of 45 years, in the village of Elvillar at an average altitude of 600 metres. He also said La Rioja Alta would buy more old vines this year, bringing total ‘artisanal vineyard’ acquisitions to a minimum of 5oha, and potentially up to 75ha, by the end of 2022. ‘We are buying very old vineyards, pruned in the traditional way with very low production, some of which are fi ...

The word of the wine: Glycerol

Alcohol very present in wine (after ethyl alcohol) and which reinforces its unctuousness and fatty sensation.

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