This is what good wine from the Melissaki grape tastes like

Do you have a white wine made from the Melissaki grape in your glass? Then it almost certainly has to be a Lyrarakis wine. From Crete. Because that's the only place where this grape grows. And as far as we know, Lyrarakis is the only one that makes wine from it.

Check out our wine made from Melissaki grapes

We can't tell you much about Melissaki. As mentioned, this grape is grown on Crete. But even the thickest wine books don't know about it. The internet didn't tell us much either. As far as we know, only Lyrarakis makes a wine from it. We know of that one. It's a fairly robust white with a touch of goute de pétrol on the nose and lovely, fresh acidity from sorrel and a touch of tropical fruit on the palate. A quality wine. But whether that's typical of Melissaki, well, as long as there's only one wine made from it, probably is.

We currently have one wine made from the Melissaki grape in our range. You can view our Melissaki wine here.