Greece Flashcards
Wine law of Greece
PDO -100% of grapes from stated region | Reserva - White ( min 1 yr | min 6 mnth in oak and 3 mnth in btl | Red min 2 yo ( min 1 o | min 6 mnth b)| Grande reserve- white min 2 y ( min 1 o | min 6 mnth ) | Red min 4 ( min 18 mnths o | min 18 mnth b)
PGI- 85 % of grapes from stated region | includes regional wines - includes verdea and 15 sub district of Retsina | 3 levels - Area/district/Regional | Ionian island is only exception but this produce PDO, Area and district PGI wines
How many PDO and PGI area
PDO 28
PGI 58
Verdea
Type of vinho verde made in zakynthos from underripe grapes - skaidopoulo pavlos asprorobola (white robola) goustolidi
Macedonia sub region
Cote de Meliton
Naoussa
Amynteo
Goumenissa
Cote de meliton red and white grape permittee , best producer
Red Grape - Limnio, Cab sau , cab franc
White grape- Assyrtiko, Athiri and Rhoditis
Producers chateau carras
Naoussa grape varietals
Xinomavro
Goumenissa PDO
Light red from xinomavro and Negoska
Amynteo DO | Grape varietal | wine styles |
Grape varietal - Xinomavro
Style- Light red and rose sparkling ( dry and med dry)
Thessaly sub region
Rapsani PDO
Anchialos PDO
Messenikola PDO
Rapsani DO
Grape variety- Xinomavro, Stavroto and krassato
Dry red
Anchialos DO
Known for dry wines from 75% Rhoditis and balance from savatiano it also produces med dry and med sweet wines
Messenikola PDO
Dry red made from 70 % mavro messinikola plus 30% carignan and Syrah
Epirus sub region
Zitsa PDO
Zitsa PDO
Dry and sparking from Debina grapes
Retsina TA
Grape varietal - Savatiano with Rhoditis and Assyrtiko
Sub region - Attica, Viota and evia
Flavoured with Attica pine resin which is removed at Racking
Peloponnese Sub region
Nemia PDO
Patras PDO
Mantinia PDO
Monemvasia Malvasia PDO
Patras PDO
Dry to medium sweet by Roditis grapes
Muscat of Patras PDO and Rio of Patras PDO from muscat blanc petit grains and are VDN
Mantinia PDO
Dry still or sparkling white made from 85% Moschofilero plus some Asprouodes
Monemvasia PDO
Wine made from sun dried grapes with minimum of 51% Monemvasia plus Assytriko and kydonitsa grapes
Nemea PDO
Red made from Agiorgitiko
Mavrodaphne of Patras PDO
Slightly fortified sweet dessert wine made from Mavrodaphne plus some korinthaiki (max49%)
Stefani
Vines grow in low bush form or round basket shape which provides protection from sun and wind
Rhodes PDO
Red from min 70 % Mandilaria
White from min 70 % Athiri
Sparkling white and rose are also produced
Muscat of Rhodes is perhaps the best from the island
Samos PDO
Sweet white VDN and VDL from muscat a petit grains
Samos vin doux is the standard
Samos Nectar which is produced from sun dried grapes aged for min 3 yr in oak
Samos anthemis- matured for 5 yr in oak
Limnos PDO
Dry to sweet table wine from muscat d alexandrie
Red from Limnio
Paros PDO
Malvasia Paros made from 85 % monemvasia
Also makes red and white as well
Santorini PDO
Made from 75 % Assyrtiko
There is PDO for sweet wines as well from 51% Assyrtiko aidani Aspro and athiri this can be VDN, VDL and vin de Paille
Top producer of santorini
Sigalas
Argyros
Hatzidakis
Ionian island PDO
Makes dry white from Rabola
Muscat of cephalonia is for sweet dessert VDL
Mavrodaphne of kefalonia is sweet red VDL
Crete
Red from 70 % liatiko
White from 70% vilana
