Winery Nikos GavalasOrimos 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 Orimos 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 Orimos Red of the Winery Nikos Gavalas is in the top 50 of wines of Crete.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Oak

Food and wine pairings with Orimos Red

Pairings that work perfectly with Orimos Red

Original food and wine pairings with Orimos Red

Spicy food

The Orimos Red of Winery Nikos Gavalas matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of pork chops with potatoes, lamb tagine with apricots or chicken fajitas.

Details and technical informations about Winery Nikos Gavalas's Orimos 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: Grolleau

Grolleau noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Loire Valley). 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 large bunches of grapes of medium size. Grolleau noir can be found in several vineyards: Loire Valley, South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Languedoc & Roussillon.

Last vintages of this wine

Orimos Red - 2014

In the top 50 of of Crete wines

Average rating: 3.9

The best vintages of Orimos 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 10 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 2000 of of Greece wines

In the top 55 of of Crete wines

In the top 200000 of red wines

In the top 350000 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

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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: Blanc de blancs (champagne)

Champagne made only from the Chardonnay grape. The expression has been somewhat overused by the intensive use made of it by certain large distributors of white table wines (or sparkling wines) who were thus seeking to promote their product.