Winery Nikos GavalasOrimos Red
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
The Orimos Red of the Winery Nikos Gavalas is in the top 50 of wines of Crete.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
Food and wine pairings with Orimos Red
Pairings that work perfectly with Orimos Red
Original food and wine pairings with Orimos Red
The Orimos Red of Winery Nikos Gavalas matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of veal shank with mushrooms, sausage and vegetable risotto with cookéo or traditional tunisian couscous.
Details and technical informations about Winery Nikos Gavalas's Orimos Red.
Discover the grape variety: Savagnin
Savagnin is a white grape variety originating from the Austrian Tyrol. It arrived in Franche Comté and quickly became the flagship variety of the Jura. Cousin of the gewurztraminer, it gives small white bunches. Its berries have a thick skin which resists well to grey rot and to diseases in general. Savagnin thrives on marl soils and is a very aromatic grape variety. It is used in the elaboration of yellow wine, the AOC Château-Châlon is the most representative. This grape variety also produces vin de paille which is a sweet wine for which the ripe grapes are dried on a bed of straw for at least 6 weeks before being pressed. The best known AOC straw wines are: Arbois, Côtes-du-Jura and Etoile. Savagnin is also used to make Macvin du Jura, a liqueur wine, and to make Crémants du Jura.White wines made from Savagnin have great aging potential. They have a powerful and complex aroma with notes of walnut, almonds, hazelnuts, flowers, honey and green apple.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Orimos Red from Winery Nikos Gavalas are 2014, 0
Informations about the Winery Nikos Gavalas
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.
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.
The word of the wine: Marc
Solid part resulting from the pressing of the grape (stalks, pips, skins).
