
Category
Protected Geographic Indication Crete (P.G.I CRETE)
Grape varieties
Vidiano (90%)- Malvazia di Candia aromatica (10%)
Harvest
2019
Vineyard
Amygdalia, Gagales, Messara valley
Altitude
250m
Soil
Sandy and clay
Planting year
2013
Cultivation Method
Fairtrade
Training System
Double Guyot
Vinification
A 4-hours pre-fermentation extraction at 12°C for Malvazia. Vidiano takes 8-hours pre-fermentation extraction. Fermentation in stainless steel tanks separately.
Fermentation temperature
16°C
Maturation
20-25% of Vidiano ages in barrels for four months and the remaining 75-80% in stainless steel tanks.
Alcohol 12.34% vol
Specific Gravity 0.9922 gr/lt
pH 3.39
Total acidity 6.1 gr/lt tartaric acid
Volatile acidity 0.27 gr/lt acetic acid
Residual sugars 1,8 gr/lt
Total SO2 180 mgr/lt
- Serve at a temperature of 12-13 °C and in a red wine glass.
- French cheeses (brie), aged gruyere and hard cheese.
- Creamy mushroom soup and mushroom risotto with truffle oil.
- Carbonara, fatty fish (dusky grouper, white grouper).
- Oven baked lamb
International Wine Challenge (I.W.C)
2018 | U.K
Bronze Medal |Vintage 2017
International Wine & Spirit Competition
(I.W.S.C) 2018 |U.K.
Silver Medal |Vintage 2017
DECANTER World Wine Awards (D.W.W.A)
2018 |U.K.
Bronze Medal |Vintage 2017
International Wine Challenge (I.W.C)
2019 |U.K.
Gold Medal(95p/100) |Vintage 2018
International Wine & Spirit Competition
(I.W.S.C) 2019 |U.K
Bronze Medal |Vintage 2018
DECANTER World Wine Awards (D.W.W.A)
2019 |U.K.
Bronze Medal |Vintage 2018
International Wine & Spirit Competition
(I.W.S.C) 2020 |U.K
Bronze Medal |Vintage 2019