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750ml - Case of 6
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$114.94
Aged for 15 years on its lees, this mature Champagne is toasty, sheding its bright fruitiness while gaining a richer,...
750ml - 1 Bottle
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$1718.59
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Bollinger Champagne La Grande Annee 2000
750ml - Case of 6
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$250.31
The delicate color and golden hues are a sign of the wine’s maturity. The nose, whilst full and expressive, offers...
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Dom Perignon Champagne Brut 2000
750ml - Case of 6
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$304.24
Nutty and toasty, this is already maturing. It has a ripe, soft texture, deliciously balanced between acidity,...
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Dom Perignon Champagne Brut 2000
750ml - 1 Bottle
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$397.75
Nutty and toasty, this is already maturing. It has a ripe, soft texture, deliciously balanced between acidity,...
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Dom Perignon Champagne Brut Rose 2000
750ml - Case of 3
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$455.77
As we’ve come to expect from DP over the last 10 years or so, this is yet another curve ball. Not that this was...
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Dom Perignon Champagne P2 Plenitude 2000
750ml - Case of 3
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$431.95
A Champagne that has turned to a very fine texture with dried pineapple and lemon character. Medium to full body,...
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Dom Perignon Champagne P2 Plenitude 2000
750ml - Case of 6
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$490.52
A Champagne that has turned to a very fine texture with dried pineapple and lemon character. Medium to full body,...
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Krug Champagne Brut Vintage 2000
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$424.95
Very fragrant. This has developed bright, ripe red cherry fruit aromas, vanilla cream, sweet roasted almond biscuits,...
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Louis Roederer Champagne Cristal Brut 2000
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$390.33
Sadly now in something of a lacklustre phase, but on first tasting this was delightfully sensual, seductively mellow...
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Philipponnat Champagne Le Clos Des Goisses 2000
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$322.97
Philipponnat's 2000 Clos des Goisses is an excellent choice for drinking today, as there is less upside than in some...
750ml - Case of 6
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$254.77
The first thing that is evident about the 2000 Brut Cuvee Sir Winston Churchill is its finesse and total silkiness....
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Pol Roger Champagne Brut Vintage 2000
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$161.95
An elegant version, whose silky texture meshes seamlessly with the grapefruit, apple and ginger flavors. Detailed and...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$237.12
The 2000 Brut Blanc de Blancs Comtes de Champagne is a huge wine bursting with ripe varietal fruit, smoke, ash,...
Champagne Blend Colombard Mavrodaphne 2000 750ml
The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn't unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as 'blanc de blanc', meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or 'blanc de noir', which is made solely with Pinot Noir.
In the Archaea region, high in the Northern Peloponnese mountains, the predominant grape varietal grown is the prized Mavrodaphne. Meaning 'Black Laurel', the Mavrodaphne grapes have extremely dark skins, and ripen slowly under the Greek sunshine, helped by the mineral rich soils the vines thrive in. This grape varietal is mostly used to produce the opaque, inky fortified wine of the same name, which is popular all over Greece and elsewhere in the world. This fortified wine allows the grapes to really show off their complex and fascinating flavors, which range from a rich marzipan to flavors of bitter chocolate, sweet coffee, dried figs and prunes, as well as plenty of jammy fruit notes.
Mavrodaphne is produced in a traditional method which involves leaving the grape juice exposed to the sun in large vats, before having its fermentation halted by the addition of various distillates taken from previous successful vintages. This mixture contains plenty of residual sugar, which gives the end result its characteristic sticky sweetness, and also helps with the next fermentation process, which typically takes place in large underground cellars. The final product is a heady drink, absolutely bursting with unusual, rich and sweet flavors and carried in a dark and slightly viscous Port-like liquid.
Mavrodaphne grapes are also used for the production of still red wines, but are generally blended with varietals such as Agiorgitiko or imported grapes like Cabernet Sauvignon. Mavrodaphne grapes are excellent for mellowing more acidic varieties, and producing deliciously rounded wines, which have taken the international market by storm in recent decades.
Additional Information on Greek Wines
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Ancient Greek Wines – A Brief History of Wine in Greece
The Myth of Dionysus, Greek God of Wine
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