"Light Red Wine Varieties for your Summer"

"It's getting hot out, the days are growing longer, the sun is shining brighter, and that long-since-faded summer tan is ready to emerge once again.What about wine ,more white wine and rosé. Can you drink red wine in the summer? Yes you can . There are plenty lighter-style red wines that can be enjoyable and refreshing when served at the right temperature."

"Light red wines are cool, they tend to have lower tannin,the lighter it will feel in our mouths and they pair well with a wide variety of foods"

"My list of Typically light, fresh, fruity red Varieties."

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir are among the most popular light-bodied wines in the world. Pinot Noir is a highly aromatic with an aroma of black and red cherry,raspberry and savory fleshiness with low tannin.

Serving Temperature:12-15°C

Delear, EkfraseisWinery

Cinsaut (cinsault)

Cinsaut,often blended with grapes such as Grenache and Carignanto add softness and bouquet ,savory with hints of pepper and cherry. Cinsaut is an important component in the blend of Lebanon's Chateau Musar.

Serving Temperature:14-18°C

Zweigelt

Zweigelt is the most widespread red wine variety in Austria, is a highly aromatic dark-skinned wine grape variety (tastes like Pinot Noir).

Serving Temperature:12-15°C

Anton Bauer Zweigelt Feuersbrunn Wine Case Limassol

WEINGUT BRUNDLMAYER,ZWEIGELT , BRUNDLMAYER La Maison du Vin

Frappato

Frappato is a red Italian wine grape variety planted primarily in Sicily. As a varietal,Frappato produces light bodied wines with a distinct dried Strawberry and Pomegranate aroma.

Serving Temperature:12-15°C

COS Frappato , Terre Siciliane IGP Phialē Wines Limassol

Lambrusco

Lambrusco is the name of both an Italian red wine grape and a wine made principally from said grape.Lambrusco makes it the lightest red wine on our list.It tends to be frizzante (lightly sparkling) in style with Berries aromas ranges from strawberries to blueberries.

Serving Temperature:8-10° C

CHIARLI LAMBRUSCO ROSATO , Oenoforos Wine Shop

Gamay

Gamay is better known as Beaujolais, which is the region in France where Gamay originates.

Its fruit-driven red wines of Beaujolais more on the earthy side with flavors of cherry and raspberries.

Serving Temperature: 12-15°C

Schiava

Schiava (Italy) or Trollinger( Germany ), has got what it takes,light-bodied, flavors of raspberry, strawberry and cherry ,aromas of mountain flowers,candy and roses.

Serving Temperature:12-15°C

Marios Constantinides Sommelier

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