Commandaria (Cyprus)

Glass of Madeira

Commandria is a fortified sweet dessert wine from Cyprus.

Serving Temperature

8-10°C (46-50°F)

Typical Flavors

Honey
Honey		 Rasins
Rasins		 Nuts
Nuts		 Spices
Spices

Typical Commandria Flavors are Honey, Rasins, Nuts, and Spices.

Food Pairing Full Body Commandaria

Dried Fruit
Dried
Fruit		 Dessert
Sweet
Dessert		 Chocolate
Roasted
Almonds		 Cheese
Mature
Cheese

in Cyprus, Commandaria is served with dried fruit, Grape juice, nuts and almonds in caramel.

Commandaria is also deliciuos on its own and with a cigar.

About Commandaria

Commandaria is made from two types of Cyprus grapes: Xynisteri and Mavro.

The grapes are left to overripe on the vine until the sugar content reaches a high level. After the harvest, the grapes are dried in the sun to increase the sugar density through evaporation.

After pressing, the juice is fermented until the alcohol reaches about 15%.

When the fermentation is completed, the alcoholic strength may be increased by the adding pure grape alcohol. The final product may have between 20% and 22.5% alcohol.

Commandaria is aged for at least two years in Oak Barrels.