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$24.50
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$24.01
An attractively light-footed lagrein red with bright forest-berry aromas, married to modest structure on the juicy,...
750ml
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$17.89
$19.60
A powerful red wine. Ruby-red to purplish-red with light violet tones in color. A scent of cherries, berries, cocoa,...
750ml
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$23.94
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$23.46
Incredibly concentrated and uncommonly sturdy in character, Lagrein has roots in the Alto Adige area and has recently...
750ml
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$26.51
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$25.97
This deep, dark red is medium bodied in the mouth but finishes with elegance, depth, and structure.
750ml
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$18.40
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$18.03
Aromas of candied apples and spicy pears with some lemon drops follow through to a medium body with some marzipan and...
750ml
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$19.20
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$18.82
Color: Dark garnet red.
Nose: Robust, expressive, harmonious, well textured.
Taste: Scents of violet, wild berries,...
750ml
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$21.20
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• 100% Mavrodaphne.
• Low yielding vines from loamy clay soils.
• Fermented and aged in stainless steel.
750ml
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$31.94
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$31.30
This crackles with acidity, filled out with crunchy nectarine and white pepper. A lovely, herbaceous, zippy wine,...
500ml
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$58.88
6 bottles:
$57.70
The 2010 Tokaji Aszu 5-Puttonyos had been bottled just a fortnight before I tasted it. Considering the growing...
750ml - Case of 12
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$5.89
Made from the unique Tokay grape, this pale-colored wine is sweet, rich and full of flavor, with the quality you...
750ml - Case of 12
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$25.01
Deep purple color with crimson highlights. Elegant floral nose with peony and violet flowers along with the typical...
750ml
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$21.94
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This serious body wine with great acid backbone has fruit aromas and grapefruit, green apple and peach along with a...
500ml
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$65.94
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$64.62
• 100% Furmint.
• South/South-East facing vineyard at 300 meters above sea level.
• Clay mixed with broken...
500ml
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$71.94
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$70.50
• 100% Furmint.
• South/South-East facing vineyard at 300 meters above sea level.
• Clay mixed with broken...
750ml
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$18.44
12 bottles:
$18.07
Invitingly open and multi-layered with violets, chocolate, ripe damsons, cloves. Elegant with velvety structure, soft...
500ml
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$97.20
A gorgeous, gossamer-weight sweetie, creamy in texture yet beautifully balanced by vivid, mouthwatering acidity....
750ml
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$24.93
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$24.43
It isn’t a mutated Grüner, though it tastes like an aspect of GV, the shiitake and roasted pepper side, without...
Furmint Other Italian Reds Mavrodaphne Roter Veltliner
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
Greek Wines
Ancient Greek Wines – A Brief History of Wine in Greece
The Myth of Dionysus, Greek God of Wine
What is Retsina?