The Winery Paterianakis of Peza of Crete

Winery Paterianakis - Red
The winery offers 11 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 1 of the estates of Crete.
It is located in Peza in the region of Crete

The Winery Paterianakis is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 11 wines for sale in of Peza to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Paterianakis wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Paterianakis

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Paterianakis

How Winery Paterianakis wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of veal shank with mushrooms, rack of lamb in a crust of herbs and seeds with thyme juice and... or chili con carne.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Paterianakis

On the nose the red wine of Winery Paterianakis. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, earth or strawberries and sometimes also flavors of floral, black fruit or red fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Paterianakis

  • 1998With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 1999With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.57/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.53/5

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

  • Kotsifali
  • Mandilaria
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discovering the wine region of Peza

The wine region of Peza is located in the region of Heraklion of Crete of Greece. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Paterianakis or the Domaine Paterianakis produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Peza are Vidiano, Vilana and Assyrtiko, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Peza often reveals types of flavors of cherry, citrus or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, citrus fruit or tree fruit.

We currently count 4 estates and châteaux in the of Peza, producing 15 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Peza go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian.

The top pink wines of Winery Paterianakis

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Paterianakis

How Winery Paterianakis wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of roast beef with pepper, lamb tagine with peppers and artichoke bottoms or traditional tunisian couscous.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Paterianakis

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Paterianakis. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, vegetal or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Paterianakis

  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Kotsifali

Discover the grape variety: Assyrtiko

This is a very old grape variety grown in Greece, particularly in the southern Cyclades Islands in the Aegean Sea, and more specifically in the Santorini archipelago. It is related to gaidouria and platani. In this country, it is quite often "associated" with other grape varieties such as aïdani, athiri, malagousia, ... . Assyrtiko can be found in Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania, the United States, Mexico, South Africa, etc. Little known in France, it is nevertheless registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A.

The top white wines of Winery Paterianakis

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Paterianakis

How Winery Paterianakis wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of baked sea bream, mussels with curry or quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Paterianakis

On the nose the white wine of Winery Paterianakis. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, oak or non oak and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, floral or tropical fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Paterianakis

  • 2011With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.99/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.75/5

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

  • Vidiano
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Thrapsathiri
  • Assyrtiko
  • Muscat Blanc

The word of the wine: Density per hectare

Number of vines per hectare. For the same yield, a vine planted with 3,000 vines per hectare bears many more bunches (per vine) than a vine planted with 10,000. The grapes will therefore be less rich in sugar and polyphenols (tannins, aromas...).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Paterianakis

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

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 Paterianakis 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 ...

Drought and heat drive early wine harvests in Europe

Severe drought and heatwaves have provided challenges for wine producers across Europe in 2022, from maintaining vine health to concerns about – and the impact of – wildfires. Early harvests have been a feature of the vintage and reports emerged this week of records being broken at some white wine-producing estates in Bordeaux. Spain’s Caserío de Dueñas estate in DO Rueda said it began a record early harvest on 16 August this year. While drought and heat have put pressure on yields in some regio ...

The word of the wine: Density per hectare

Number of vines per hectare. For the same yield, a vine planted with 3,000 vines per hectare bears many more bunches (per vine) than a vine planted with 10,000. The grapes will therefore be less rich in sugar and polyphenols (tannins, aromas...).

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