The Winery Nikos Gavalas of Heraklion of Crete

Winery Nikos Gavalas
The winery offers 17 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 7 of the estates of Crete.
It is located in Heraklion in the region of Crete

The Winery Nikos Gavalas is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 17 wines for sale in of Heraklion to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Nikos Gavalas wines

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

The top pink wines of Winery Nikos Gavalas

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Nikos Gavalas

How Winery Nikos Gavalas wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of autumn leaves, leg of lamb with baked potatoes or traditional tunisian couscous.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Nikos Gavalas

  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.87/5

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

  • Kotsifali
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Mandilaria
  • Fokiano

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 Nikos Gavalas

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Nikos Gavalas

How Winery Nikos Gavalas 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, mansaf, or jordanian lamb (jordan) or baked falafels.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Nikos Gavalas

On the nose the red wine of Winery Nikos Gavalas. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or black fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Nikos Gavalas

  • 2017With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Mandilaria
  • Kotsifali
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

The top white wines of Winery Nikos Gavalas

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Nikos Gavalas

How Winery Nikos Gavalas wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of quebec style barbecued salmon, bouillabaisse like in marseille or goat cheese and bacon quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Nikos Gavalas

On the nose the white wine of Winery Nikos Gavalas. often reveals types of flavors of oak, tree fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Nikos Gavalas

  • 2017With an average score of 3.65/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.53/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Moschato Spinas
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Vilana
  • Malvasia
  • Vidiano

The word of the wine: Drawing (liqueur de)

In champagne and sparkling wines of traditional method, addition to the wine, at the time of bottling (tirage) of sugars and yeasts dissolved in wine. These components will provoke the second fermentation in the bottle leading to the formation of carbon dioxide bubbles.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Nikos Gavalas

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 Nikos Gavalas.

Discover the grape variety: Malvasia

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The word of the wine: Drawing (liqueur de)

In champagne and sparkling wines of traditional method, addition to the wine, at the time of bottling (tirage) of sugars and yeasts dissolved in wine. These components will provoke the second fermentation in the bottle leading to the formation of carbon dioxide bubbles.

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