The Rhous Winery is one of the world's great estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Crete to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Rhous Winery wines in Crete among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Rhous Winery 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 Rhous Winery wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Rhous Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of fricandeaux german style, lamb tagine with prunes or lomo saltado.
On the nose the red wine of Rhous Winery. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.
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.
We currently count 68 estates and châteaux in the of Crete, producing 394 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Crete go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food.
How Rhous Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of sea sauerkraut with white wine, scallop mousse or zucchini and goat cheese quiche.
On the nose the white wine of Rhous Winery. often reveals types of flavors of earth, citrus fruit or microbio and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, tropical fruit or non oak.
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.
How Rhous Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of roast beef with caramelized onion, lamb tagine with quince or express chicken skewers with spices.
On the nose the pink wine of Rhous Winery. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.
Cinsault is a southern black grape variety that can be found in the blends of most Mediterranean appellations, but most often as an accessory grape variety. It is undoubtedly most present in certain rosé wines (in Corbières, Côtes-de-Provence, etc.): it gives these wines highly appreciated aromas of strawberry, peach and raspberry. In vin de pays (IGP), it is often vinified on its own, usually as a rosé.
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Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.
