Lyrarakis Vidiano White 2019
£15.50
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Lyrarakis Vidiano White 2019
£15.50
Description
Vidiano has a pale yellow colour. Aromas of apricot and citrus with hints of blooming herbs reveal the rich varietal character of Vidiano. The mouthfeel is velvety and full of texture with a strong presence of ripe fruit and minerality on the finish.
At a glance
Grape
Vidiano
Region
Aegean Islands
Vintage
2019
ABV
12.6%
Vegan
Grape
Vidiano
Vidiano is a Cretan white grape that produces richly textured wines with notes of peach, pear and apricot, often gaining extra weight and vanilla character from time in oak. It's increasingly seen as one of Crete's most promising indigenous white varieties for quality winemaking.
Producer
Lyrarakis is a family winery founded in 1966 by brothers Manolis and Sotiris Lyrarakis in Alagni, a mountain village at around 440–480m in the Heraklion prefecture of Crete — a region whose 14th-century stone wine presses testify to centuries of local winemaking. The estate is best known for rescuing ancient Cretan grape varieties from the brink of extinction: Plyto and Dafni were first replanted in the family's Psarades vineyard in 1992, followed by Melissaki in 2010. Now run by the second generation, Lyrarakis converted to organic viticulture in 2020 and continues to focus on single-variety wines from Crete's own grapes — Vidiano, Vilana, Kotsifali, Mandilari and Liatiko among them — alongside its pioneering Plyto and Dafni.