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Red
750ml
Bottle: $47.16 $52.40
Colour: Lively, deep ruby-red; nature's gift. Perfume: Complex scent of ripe red fruit (mainly black cherry), spices,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $29.94
12 bottles: $29.34
• 100% Carignan. • Practicing Organic. • Poor Ranch Vyd (mult-generational family owned on benchland outside...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $29.94
6 bottles: $29.34
Colour: Deep, almost solid ruby red. Nose: Intense fruity notes of blackberry, blueberry, vanilla, myrtle, leather...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $44.80
6 bottles: $44.00
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White
750ml
Bottle: $13.94 $15.17
12 bottles: $13.66
White
750ml
Bottle: $18.34
12 bottles: $17.97
Pale gold color for our Aligoté. The mouth is refreshing and reveals a beautiful minerality, aromas of Granny Smith...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $24.90 $26.00
12 bottles: $24.70
• Practicing organic. • 100% Aligoté. • From the village of Bissy-Sous-Cruchaud, just oustside of Buxy...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $18.41
The Bourgogne Aligoté is a white wine, greedy and fresh. Thanks to its freshness and fine liveliness, it is perfect...
White
750ml
Bottle: $45.94
12 bottles: $45.02
Color: Bright with golden highlights. Nose: Complex and aromatic with summer stone fruits and dried apricots...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $18.40
12 bottles: $18.03
This Bourgogne Aligoté, coming from the Auxerre area, is produced only from Aligoté grape. White wine, greedy and...
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $49.90
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White
750ml
Bottle: $31.55
12 bottles: $30.92
Supple and consistent, with a texture chiseled with an alert liveliness, it can be tasted at all stages of its life....
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $21.20
The 2020 Bourgogne Aligoté Les Maréchaux replaces the Petit Poiriers (for now) and this comes from 1.1-hectares...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $18.13
Big raspberry and plum aromas on the nose as well as a hint of eucalyptus and liquorice. The wine is rich and mouth...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $16.85
Roasted coffee and liquorice on the nose with some blackberry notes and a light smokiness showing the age of the...
White
750ml
Bottle: $41.28
12 bottles: $40.45
A juicy, floral, energetic white from 100% Roussanne grapes, sunny and suave and silky at once.
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $28.80
The Aligoté is a rustic variety. It produces a lively and perfumed white wine, with peach, citrus, and acacia flower...
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Aligote Carignan Mencia Savatiano

Carignan is an ancient blue-skinned grape varietal, thought to be indigenous to the Aragon region of Spain. However, today it is most commonly associated with the fine wines of southern France, and has been grown in many countries around the world which have the warm and dry conditions it requires to thrive. Carignan is recognized as being quite a sensitive vine, highly susceptible to all kinds of rot and mildew, although producing excellent results when given the right conditions and handled correctly. Its high tannin levels and acidity make the Carignan grapes very astringent, and as such, they are often used as a blending grape to give body to other, lesser bodied varietals. Despite this, with careful treatment, Carignan can produce superb single varietal wines packed full of character and unique attributes.

Savatiano is probably Greece's most well known and most widely grown grape varietal, as it is the primary grape used in the production of Retsina, where the fermenting juices of the Savatiano varietal are flavored with pine resin in order to make this distinctive and famous wine. One of the reasons for the wide cultivation of this grape is due to its hardiness, and resistance to drought conditions. In the sun-drenched and dry, rocky Greek landscapes, this makes it an ideal vine to grow for wine-makers who require a strong and bounteous yield each year.

However, there are plenty of examples of Greek white wines which use the Savatiano grape but withhold from the addition the pine resin flavoring, allowing the true characteristics of this varietal to shine through. The result is often very pleasing indeed, with Savatiano grapes generally producing extremely well balanced and rounded white wines, with a juicily fruity flavor. Their aromas can vary quite a lot, with many Savatiano wines bearing the fragrance of citrus fruits, and also occasionally having a strong floral aroma reminiscent of elder and rose. Due to the relatively low acidity of Savatiano grapes, the wines which use them (including Retsina) generally bolster themselves with the addition of smaller quantities of more acidic varieties, such as Assyrtiko or Rhoditis, in order to improve their sometimes weak structure.

Additional Information on Greek Wines


Greek Wines
Ancient Greek Wines – A Brief History of Wine in Greece
The Myth of Dionysus, Greek God of Wine
What is Retsina?