Winery Petros ChatzigeorgiouΜοσχάτος Λήμνου (Muscat de Lemnos Grand Cru)
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with
The Μοσχάτος Λήμνου (Muscat de Lemnos Grand Cru) of the Winery Petros Chatzigeorgiou is in the top 30 of wines of Lemnos.
Details and technical informations about Winery Petros Chatzigeorgiou's Μοσχάτος Λήμνου (Muscat de Lemnos Grand Cru).
Discover the grape variety: Chenin
Chenin, also known as pinot de la Loire Valley (pineau), is the flagship grape variety of the Loire Valley. It would have found its first origins in Anjou where it would have been cultivated by the monks of the Abbey of Saint-Maur located between Angers and Saumur since the 6th century. chenin is a great white grape variety which likes particularly the chalky soils called here stones of tufa which were used for the construction of the castles of the Loire Valley. Its bunches are medium-sized, fairly compact and its berries are more or less small. It is an early variety, which resists well to diseases. Chenin has the particularity of being able to participate as well in the elaboration of dry white wines as of sweet white wines or sparkling wines. Perfectly structured by the acidity, elegant, with a complex nose and aromas of yellow fruits, dry fruits, citrus fruits, white flowers, honey... the wine resulting from the chenin is rather lively and nervous, which allows him a good potential of guard. Chenin covers about 10,000 hectares in France, and is very productive in South Africa where it covers more than 26,000 hectares.
Informations about the Winery Petros Chatzigeorgiou
The Winery Petros Chatzigeorgiou is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 16 wines for sale in the of Lemnos to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Lemnos
The wine region of Lemnos is located in the region of Aegean Sea of Greece. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Garalis or the Domaine Petros Chatzigeorgiou produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Lemnos are Assyrtiko, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Lemnos often reveals types of flavors of cherry, earthy or tobacco and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or oak.
The wine region of Aegean Sea
The Aegean Islands – the most famous of which are Crete, Dodecanese/rhodes">Rhodes, Samos and Cyclades/santorini">Santorini – lie in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey. The islands have a Long and influential winemaking history spanning thousands of years, but in the modern day are most famous for Santorini's Dry, minerally, white wines made from Assyrtico-based white wines made from Assyrtico. The Aegean Sea covers roughly 83,000 square miles (215,000 sq km) between the Southern coast of Greek Macedonia and Crete in the south. Several groups of islands make up the Aegean archipelago, including the Sporades in the North, the Dodecanese just off the coast of Turkey and the Cyclades near the Attica coast.
The word of the wine: Cellar
A place for storing and ageing wines in bottles. This term designates both the cellar of a private individual and that of a restaurant. It is also a store dedicated to the retail sale of wine.
