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This 100% Pedro Ximenez comes from a single vineyard in the Limari Valley. Fresh apricot, banana, pineapple, honeydew...
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Isidora Sauvignon Gris presents a bright and clean yellowish color. In nose we can perceive aromas that remind us of...
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Concentrated aromas of fresh red fruits, herbs, leather and spices. Light-bodied with a good acidity, and soft,...
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Based in Yumbel, Bio Bío, Mauricio Gonzalez Carreño is a winemaker with an uncompromising commitment to the...
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• País.
• 200+ year old bush vines sourced from about .5HA.
• The vineyard is a continuation of the Pipeño...
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The 2021 País 215 BC Ferment, a village red from plots they know well, four of them fermented together. The...
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• 100% Mavrodaphne.
• Low yielding vines from loamy clay soils.
• Fermented and aged in stainless steel.
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• 100% Vostilidi.
• Low yielding vines from loamy clay soil.
• Fermented in tank and aged on the lees for 4...
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Pais Blanco is made in a natural way. With the intention of respecting the aromas and the flavor offered by the...
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A very quaffable red, offering a juicy melange of cranberry, raspberry and black cherry, with loam, sage and tea leaf...
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This is a touch stemmy and rustic up front, showing dried cranberry and cherry flavors, with a subtle tug of mineral...
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Deep purple color with crimson highlights. Elegant floral nose with peony and violet flowers along with the typical...
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COLOUR: Deep ruby color.
AROMA: It has a very complex and concentrated nose. It reveals aromas of red fruit, spices...
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The new País 2021 Bluepit was bottled later because Parra found the tannins needed a longer élevage. It comes from...
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There is a new País from a vineyard planted in 1895 that he rents in Ñipas on black basalt soil, first produced in...
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• 100% País.
• Dry farmed, 100 year old vines grown on basalt and granitic soils in the Ñipas and Guarilihue...
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The 2021 Arcillas de Laberinto País comes from regrafted vines planted in 1993 on granite soils at the top of the...
Mavrodaphne Mencia Mencia Chile Greece 750ml
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?
Chile has a long and rich wine history which dates back to the Spanish conquistadors of the 16th century, who were the first to discover that the wonderful climate and fertile soils of this South American country were ideal for vine cultivation. It has only been in the past forty or fifty years, however, that Chile as a modern wine producing nation has really had an impact on the rest of the world. Generally relatively cheap in price,Whilst being widely regarded as definitively 'New World' as a wine producing country, Chile has actually been cultivating grapevines for wine production for over five hundred years. The Iberian conquistadors first introduced vines to Chile with which to make sacramental wines, and although these were considerably different in everything from flavor, aroma and character to the wines we associate with Chile today, the country has a long and interesting heritage when it comes to this drink. Chilean wine production as we know it first arose in the country in the mid to late 19th century, when wealthy landowners and industrialists first began planting vineyards as a way of adopting some European class and style. They quickly discovered that the hot climate, sloping mountainsides and oceanic winds provided a perfect terroir for quality wines, and many of these original estates remain today in all their grandeur and beauty, still producing the wines which made the country famous.
As one of the oldest wine producing countries in the world, Greece has millenia of experience and expertise when it comes to viticulture, and has developed a set of flavors and characteristics which are found nowhere else on earth. The ancient Greeks revered and deified wine, and were the first true innovators in the history of wine, adding everything from seawater to honey and spices in order to find exciting new taste combinations and aromas. Today, Greek wines are just as varied, although far more refined and sophisticated than their ancient counterparts. The practice of enhancing Greek wines with aromatic substances never left the country, though, as can be seen in the popular Retsina wines, which use pine resin to provide their unique taste and aroma combinations. There is far more to Greek wine than merely Retsina, however, and the vast variety on offer is a testament to the expertise of Greek wineries making the most of the wonderful climate, terrain and grape varietals they work with.