Crete Flashcards
(18 cards)
PDO’s of Crete
Sitia Peza Dafnes Archanes Candia Malvasia candia Malvasia Sitia
Dafnes PDO’s wine style
Dry red wine
Sweet red wine. VDL
VDN/VDN grd cru
Vin liastos
Grape authorised for Dafnes PDO wines
100% liatiko
Archanes PDO’s wine style
Dry red wine only
Archanes PDO’s grape varieties
Kotsifali and mandilaria
Sitia PDO’s wine styles
Dry white Dry red VDL VDN Wine from dried grape
Sitia PDO’s varieties by styles
Dry white: 70% of vilana + thrapsathiri
Dry red: 80% liatiko + mandilaria
VDN: 100% liatiko
Peza PDO’s wine style
Dry white
Dry red
Grape for peza PDO’s white
100% vilana
Grape for peza PDO’s red
Kotsifali and mandilaria
Candia PDO’s wine style
Dry red
Dry white
Candia PDO grapes for white
Vilana, vidiano, assyrtiko, thrapsathiri, liatiko (Vinicius as white), athiri (all in any %)
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Max 15% combined Muscat spinas, Malvasia candia
Candia PDO’s red grapes
Kotsifali and mandilaria
What are the wine style for both Malvasia candia and Malvasia Sitia PDO?
VDN
Natural sweet wine
Malvasia candia and Sitia PDO’s grapes?
Assyrtiko, athiri, vidiano, thrapsathiri, liatiko (any %)
Max 15% combined Malvasia Di candia and Muscat blanc a petit grains
What is the min aging for both Malvasia candia and Sitia?
Min 2 years in an oxidative environment (oak barrel)
What are the additional requirement for both Malvasia Di candia and Sitia
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
What is the difference between Malvasia candia and Sitia
The only diff is in the yield, Sitia is more restricted
