Aegean Islands Flashcards
PDO’s of the Aegean islands
Santorini Rhodes Lemnos Samos Muscat of Rhodes Muscat of Lemnos Malvasia Paros
Paros PDO’s wine style
Dry white
Dry red
Paros PDO’s grape authorised
White= 100% monemvassia Red= co fermented of min 35% mandilaria and monemvassia must
Malvasia of Paros PDO’s wine style
Fortified wine from sun dried grapes
Naturally sweet wines (from sun dried grapes)
Malvasia of Paros PDO’s wine grape?
Min 85% monemvassia
Max 15% assyrtiko
Ageing requirement for Malvasia Paros PDO?
Min 24 month in an oxidative environment
If the wine is with age, it has to be 4,8,12,16 etc…
Lemnos PDO’s wine style
White (dry, semi dry, semi sweet)
Dry red
Liastos
VDL from dried grape
Lemnos PDO’s grape authorised
White = moschato Alexandria Red= limnio
Muscat of Lemnos PDO’s wine style
Naturally sweet wine (from sun dried grape)
VDN
VDN grand cru
VDL
Muscat of Lemnos PDO’s wine grape authorised
Moschato Alexandria
Muscat of Rhodes PDO’s wine style
Naturally sweet wine
VDN
VDN grand cru
VDL
Muscat of Rhodes PDO’s wine grape
100% moscato aspro
Rhodes PDO’s wine style
White (dry, semi dry, semi sweet)
Red (dry, semi dry, semi sweet)
Rose (dry, semi dry, semi sweet)
Quality sparkling rose and white
Rhodes PDO’s grape
White= 70% athiri + assyrtiko, malagousia Red= min 70% mandilaria + mavrothiriko
Samos PDO’s wine style
VDN
VDN grand cru
VDL
Naturally sweet wine from dried grape
