Kotsifali Karnari Red Dry Wine by Lyrarakis Winery 750ml

Kotsifali Karnari Red Dry Wine by Lyrarakis Winery

Kotsifali Karnari Red Dry Wine by Lyrarakis Winery is made from the variety Kotsifali 100%, undoubtedly a classical value of the Cretan vineyard. Kotsifali Karnari is a wine that encompasses the tradition of western Crete, of producing Marouvas style wines, adapting it to a more gentle style. The juice from matured Kotsifali grapes was fermented as a white wine at 14-16° C. After that, the Kotsifali Karnari Red by Lyrarakis Winery matured in re-used French barrels, where it stayed for almost 2,5 years.

The Kotsifali grape, grown in the Karnari area, gave this excellent wine, which brings forward the intense aroma of sweet fruit and spice notes, elements which reveal the long ageing in used barrels. 

Kotsifali Karnari Red Dry Wine by Lyrarakis Winery accompanies exceptionally all kind of appetizers, a large variety of grilled, smoked or dried meat and fish dishes with spicy sauces.

The Lyrarakis Winery has been producing high quality wines since 1966 with emphasis on rare Cretan grape varieties. The Lyrarakis family winery has revived ancient Cretan varieties, Dafni and Plyto and Melissaki.

Today, the management of the Lyrarakis Winery has passed to the second generation. The family vineyard covers an area of 140 hectares on calcareous gravelly soils and has an average altitude of 550 meters.

Surrounded by the idyllic setting of the vineyards and the Lassithi mountains the Lyrarakis winery offers the opportunity to visit their estate and enjoy nature and taste Lyrarakis wine varieties.

Lyrarakis wines are greatly appreciated abroad, with many international prizes and awards and they are exported to several European countries and in North America (USA & Canada).