Winery Nikos GavalasEfivos Red

Red wine of Crete of Greece

3.8

(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)

Tasters generally liked this wine.

The Efivos Red of Winery Nikos Gavalas is a red wine from the region of Crete.
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
The Efivos Red of the Winery Nikos Gavalas is in the top 20 of wines of Crete.

Food and wine pairings with Efivos Red

Pairings that work perfectly with Efivos Red

Original food and wine pairings with Efivos Red

Spicy food

The Efivos Red of Winery Nikos Gavalas matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of american style beef marinade, grilled leg of lamb marinated in aromatic oil or spaghetti all 'amatriciana.

Details and technical informations about Winery Nikos Gavalas's Efivos Red.

Winery

Winery Nikos Gavalas

Grape varieties

Region/Great wine region

Crete

Country

Greece

Style of wine

Red

Allergens

Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Perlette

Crossing made in the United States in 1936 by Professor Harold P. Olmo of the University of Davis (California) between the queen of the vines and the sultana, registered in the Official Catalogue of vine varieties list A1. - Synonymy: no known synonym (for all the synonyms of the grape varieties, click here!).

Last vintages of this wine

Efivos Red - 2014

In the top 20 of of Crete wines

Average rating: 3.9

The best vintages of Efivos Red from Winery Nikos Gavalas are 2014

Informations about the Winery Nikos Gavalas

The winery offers 17 different wines.

Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.

It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region

It is located in Crete

The Winery Nikos Gavalas is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 16 wines for sale in the of Crete to come and discover on site or to buy online.

In the top 1500 of of Greece wines

In the top 30 of of Crete wines

In the top 150000 of red wines

In the top 200000 wines of the world

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.

News related to this wine

The Mâcon plus appellation seen by Charles Lamboley

Charles Lamboley, marketing and communication director from Vignerons des Terres Secrètes, explains the differences between the appellation Mâcon-Villages and Mâcon plus a geographical denomination. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (March 2020). The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of t ...

The Mâcon plus appellation seen by Charles Lamboley

The word of the wine: Chaptalization

The addition of sugar at the time of fermentation of the must, an ancient practice, but theorized by Jean-Antoine Chaptal at the dawn of the 19th century. The sugar is transformed into alcohol and allows the natural degree of the wine to be raised in a weak or cold year, or - more questionably - when the winegrower has a harvest that is too large to obtain good maturity.