Cretan variety grown especially in Heraklion and Lassithi and is used in the production of wines “Dafnes PDO” and “Sitia PDO” wines.
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Cretan grape varieties
Grapes grown in Crete, Greece
Making a quick reference to the grapes for wine making, we would say that they have a tougher skin and juicy flesh in contrast to table grapes that have a thin skin and crisp flesh. The aromatic compounds, the pigments of red grapes (anthocyanins) and tannins are in the skin.
The main grape sugars are glucose and fructose. The main acid in grapes is tartaric. Sugars and acids are important in oenology because they determine the balance of wine flavour. The content of these substances depends each time on the variety, the subsoil, the climate as well as the ripening time of the grapes. There are many native Greek-Cretan grape varieties.
Overall, there are more than 300 precious native greek grape varieties that produce wines of different character. Each wine has its own personality which depends on the geological history of the production place, on the vineyards as well as on the winemakers, their tradition and culture.
In Douloufakis vineyards we cultivate Cretan, Greek and International grape varieties.
Learn about the Grape Varieties from Crete, Greece
An old indigenous cultivar, which is also mentioned as "Avidiano". Vines of Vidiano were scattered among other varieties in the old vineyards of Crete. It is a vigorous and productive variety, late-ripening in the Dafnes vineyard and resistant to heat.
Vidiano gives us wines with rich, fruity aromas, full body and balanced acidity. The strong points of the wine are its volume, its ageing potential and its suprising evolution over time. Those three characteristics make it unique, since there aren’t many varieties in Greece featuring such qualities.
It is a clone of Muscat that gets its name from the community of the Spina in Chania.
Kotsifali cretan grape variety is a truly remarkable red of Crete, it is grown mainly in the prefectureof Hheraklion
Vilana grape is grown in all four prefectures of Crete.
Famous Cretan wine during the Venetian occupation of the island.
Mandilari is an ancient indigenous Cretan variety.
White variety, one of the most significant and widely spread around the world...
