Queen Liatiko Red Wine

This Liatiko wine, one of the queens of Cretan grape varieties, with its aromas of dark cherry and wild berries, is produced from vineyards at 650m altitude. Intense, balanced with fine tannins and an expressive juicy finish, it pairs with pizza and pasta or fish in red sauces.

Tasting Note

Light ruby-red colour. Impressive aromas of wild berries red fruit liqueur, with hints of herbal and spicy flavours. Balanced and fresh on the palate, with fine tannins and an expressive juicy finish.

Food Matches

Mediterannean dishes like moussaka, pizza, pasta with red sauces as well as oven-baked tuna with tomato.

Serve at 15 °C.

P.G.I. Crete

Dry Red Wine

Liatiko 100%

Wine making

The non-irrigated and well acclimated vines of Liatiko in the region of Sitia and Rethymno, provide low yields and high quality grapes. Hand-harvested during the first week of September. Fermentation was achieved in a stain-less steel tank at 23 °C after a 5-day maceration for color extraction.

Technical Data

Alcohol: 13,35%

Acidity: 5,10 g/lt

PH: 3.59

Res. Sugar: 1,76 g/lt

Vineyard / Viticulture

Region: Rethymno, central Crete & Sitia, east Crete

Soil: Sandy loam

Aspect: North

Vines: Head trained, Spur pruned

Altitude: 580-800m above sea level

Irrigation: Not irrigated

Yield: 5 Tn/Ha

Varieties: Liatiko 100%