Lyrarakis Winery, Dafni Psarades 2024, Crete


Dafni Psarades
Winery Name: Lyrarakis Winery
Vintage: 2024
Appellation/Region: PGI Crete
Variety/ies: 100% Dafni
Terroir:
- Region: Alagni, central Crete
- Vineyard Name: Psarades
- Soil: Clay loam
- Vineyard altitude: 480 m
- Vine age: 30+ y.o.
- Training system: Cordon trained, spur pruned
- Average yield (hl/ ha): 9 tn / ha
- Conventional viticulture
Vinification:
- Technical information:
Alcohol: 12.5%
pH: 3.37
Total acidity: 4.65 g/l
Total SO₂: 69
Residual sugar: 1.59 g/l - Winemaking information: Fermentation with indigenous yeasts, with spontaneous malolactic conversion. Hand-harvested in late August, the grapes were crushed and had 3.5 hours of skin contact. Free-run juice fermented over 15 days and matured on lees for 3 months.

