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750ml
Bottle: $26.49
12 bottles: $25.96
The hilltop village of Cairanne on the left bank of the southern Rhône between Orange and Vaisonla-Romaine is a...
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750ml
Bottle: $32.61
12 bottles: $31.96
A mostly foudre-aged blend of 80% Grenache and 20% Syrah, the 2019 Chateauneuf du Pape features resinous notes of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.18
12 bottles: $14.88
This wine takes on a lovely, shiny deep red garb with purple-blue tints. The ripe black fruit aromas that intermingle...
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750ml
Bottle: $49.20
12 bottles: $48.22
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750ml
Bottle: $13.84 $15.41
Seductive violet and cassis aromas introduce this vibrant red, with a spine of graphite and sinewy tannins adding...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $43.15
12 bottles: $42.29
This more traditionally-styled Châteauneuf-du-Pape features pronounced fruit and spice aromas with hints of smoke,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $39.93 $40.80
12 bottles: $39.13
The effusive raspberry and redcurrant fruit is wrapped around the well-crafted core of powdery tannins, giving this...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $89.90 $94.20
12 bottles: $88.35
95-97 Not yet bottled, the 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape Vieilles Vignes is all very old vine Grenache from the sandy...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.94 $17.91
12 bottles: $15.83
Sultry and savory, with a lot of fruit as well, this warm, silky red offers wild strawberry, cherry and red licorice...
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $39.20
A bold and structured Chateauneuf with stacks of damson plum aroma, savory character and meaty depths. In spite of...
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750ml
Bottle: $15.08
12 bottles: $14.78
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750ml
Bottle: $14.94
12 bottles: $14.64
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $65.64 $66.79
A very imposing Chateauneuf with enormous depth of Mediterranean herb aromas that makes a bold statement on the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $45.19
6 bottles: $44.40
Very attractive nose of raspberries, licorice and oranges with a touch of summer flowers. Round and silky on the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $99.94
Pour yourself a glass of this and spend an hour experiencing how it opens up in stages. At first there’s an...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $94.95
6 bottles: $93.05
Enormous concentration with great tannin structure giving this extraordinary elegance on the expansive palate....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $29.90
12 bottles: $29.30
Darkly coloured. Lovely sense of freshness, florality and herbal detail. Fairly full and rounded, quite mature...
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Aidani Red Rhone Blend Mencia

One of the most ancient of the Greek grape varietals, Aidani has been cultivated on and around the Cyclades for millennia for its versatility and gently pleasing aromatic qualities. Wines made primarily with Aidani grapes tend to have a milder alcohol content than other classic Greek wines, and relatively low acidity. This makes Aidani wines a perfectly pleasant accompaniment to a wide range of traditional Greek foods, and equally pleasant to drink chilled at any time under the Greek sun. Nowadays, Aidani grapes are mostly likely to used as a blending grape, often being mixed with Assyrtiko grapes to balance out and mellow the acidity and high alcohol content found in them.

As a blending grape, the Aidani offers light, delicate floral tones, often reminiscent of a Muscat. On the island of Naxos, it has been traditionally blended with the Athiri grape to produce the island's signature sweet wine, Apiranthos, where the subtleties of the Aidani grape are really allowed to shine through. However, elsewhere in Greece you are far more likely to find the blend of these two distinctive grapes in dry white wines, where the Aidani is used primarily not for its flavor, but for its aroma and mellowing effect.

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?