
Category
Protected Geographic Indication Crete (P.G.I CRETE)
Grape varieties
Vidiano (80%) – Syrah (20%)
Harvest
2021
Vineyard
Melissokipos, Praetoria, Messara valley
Altitude
250m
Soil
Sandy clay loam
Planting year
2000
Cultivation Method
Fairtrade
Training System
Double Guyot
Vinification
Co-vinification of both varieties
Fermentation temperature
16-18°C
Maturation
Four months in stainless tank.
Alcohol 12.17% vol
Specific Gravity 0.9928 gr/lt
pH 3.35
Total acidity 6.0 gr/lt tartaric acid
Volatile acidity 0.40 gr/lt acetic acid
Residual sugars 2.4 gr/lt
Total SO2 183.6 mgr/lt
- Salads: Cold or hot tomato salads, roasted red peppers
- Cheese: dry anthotyro, xigalo, touloumotyri, mozzarella, ricotta
- Legumes: giant dry beans in the oven with tomato sauce, lentil soup
- Vegetables: eggplant and zucchini with tomato sauce, okra, stuffed tomato (gemista), moussaka, pumpkin
- Pasta: recipies with tomato sauce (amatriciana, bolognese), lobster pasta
- Seafood: seafood risotto, tuna – salmon sushi, lobster, crayfish, shrimp with sweet-sour sauce
- Fish: salmon, tuna, monkfish
- White Meat: chicken, rabbit (tomato sauce, grilled)
- Red Meat: lamb with tomato sauce, pork
- Desserts: red fruit salads with honey dip