Wine · Still Red Wine

Cretan Red

Company product · offered by Boutari Winery · Greece

Product Overview

Cretan Red - Red Dry Wine

Variety

Kotsifali, Mandilaria

Flavor Profile

Vivid red color. Pleasant aroma of sweet, red fruits such as cherry and strawberry. Mild taste with soft tannins, good acidity, very good balance and aromatic aftertaste.

Winemaking

The grapes are hand-picked and then chilled. Crushing and destemming are carried out and then very soft maceration during extraction is the next step. The presses are kept completely separate. The extraction takes place for 1 week with simultaneous alcoholic fermentation. Alcoholic fermentation takes place with selected yeast strains at a maximum temperature of 25C.