Winery Tsantali Kormilitsa White
White wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Assyrtiko and the Chardonnay.
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or poultry.
The Kormilitsa White of the Winery Tsantali is in the top 70 of wines of Macedonia.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Kormilitsa White of Winery Tsantali in the region of Macedonia often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or citrus fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Kormilitsa White
Pairings that work perfectly with Kormilitsa White
Original food and wine pairings with Kormilitsa White
The Kormilitsa White of Winery Tsantali matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of rabbit in white wine (casserole), fresh salmon risotto or quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo.
Details and technical informations about Winery Tsantali's Kormilitsa White.
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Kormilitsa White from Winery Tsantali are 2013, 2017, 2016, 2014 and 2012.
Informations about the Winery Tsantali
The Winery Tsantali is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 88 wines for sale in the of Macedonia to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Macedonia
Greek Macedonia (Makedonia) is an expansive region in Northern Greece. It is bordered by the Republic of North Macedonia, Albania and Bulgaria to the north and the Aegean Sea in the South. The vineyards in the mountainous region are extensively planted to Xynomavro, along with Roditis, Grape/limnio">Limnio and the more-international Cabernet Sauvignon grape variety. Macedonian red wines are noted for their firm tannins and big flavors, and the best examples are among Greece's most-sought-after reds.
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The word of the wine: PDO
Protected Designation of Origin - equivalent to the term "controlled designation of origin" in European regulations.
