Crete

Question 1

PDO’s of Crete

Answer 1

Sitia 
Peza
Dafnes
Archanes
Candia 
Malvasia candia 
Malvasia Sitia

Question 2

Dafnes PDO’s wine style

Answer 2

Dry red wine
Sweet red wine. VDL
VDN/VDN grd cru
Vin liastos

Question 3

Grape authorised for Dafnes PDO wines

Answer 3

100% liatiko

Question 4

Archanes PDO’s wine style

Answer 4

Dry red wine only

Question 5

Archanes PDO’s grape varieties

Answer 5

Kotsifali and mandilaria

Question 6

Sitia PDO’s wine styles

Answer 6

Dry white 
Dry red 
VDL
VDN
Wine from dried grape

Question 7

Sitia PDO’s varieties by styles

Answer 7

Dry white: 70% of vilana + thrapsathiri
Dry red: 80% liatiko + mandilaria
VDN: 100% liatiko

Question 8

Peza PDO’s wine style

Answer 8

Dry white

Dry red

Question 9

Grape for peza PDO’s white

Answer 9

100% vilana

Question 10

Grape for peza PDO’s red

Answer 10

Kotsifali and mandilaria

Question 11

Candia PDO’s wine style

Answer 11

Dry red

Dry white

Question 12

Candia PDO grapes for white

Answer 12

Vilana, vidiano, assyrtiko, thrapsathiri, liatiko (Vinicius as white), athiri (all in any %)
+
Max 15% combined Muscat spinas, Malvasia candia

Question 13

Candia PDO’s red grapes

Answer 13

Kotsifali and mandilaria

Question 14

What are the wine style for both Malvasia candia and Malvasia Sitia PDO?

Answer 14

VDN

Natural sweet wine

Question 15

Malvasia candia and Sitia PDO’s grapes?

Answer 15

Assyrtiko, athiri, vidiano, thrapsathiri, liatiko (any %)

Max 15% combined Malvasia Di candia and Muscat blanc a petit grains

Question 16

What is the min aging for both Malvasia candia and Sitia?

Answer 16

Min 2 years in an oxidative environment (oak barrel)

Question 17

What are the additional requirement for both Malvasia Di candia and Sitia

Answer 17

Grape must min 320 g/l of sugar content after drying
No irrigation, no chaptalization, no addition of concentrated must
Vine age sup at 4 years
Fortification as usual by alc distilled of wine or dried grape of min 52 to 86% abv
Or vinous distillation of 96% abv min

Question 18

What is the difference between Malvasia candia and Sitia

Answer 18

The only diff is in the yield, Sitia is more restricted