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Aile D'argent Bordeaux Blanc 2017
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$214.21
Features a lovely mix of honeysuckle, verbena, white peach, lemon peel and shortbread notes mixed together, with the...
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Aile D'argent Bordeaux Blanc 2020
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$144.89
95-96 This is full-bodied with layers of fruit. Ripe and flavorful. Lots going on with a fleshy feel. No malolactic...
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Aile D'argent Bordeaux Blanc 2021
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$155.08
97-98 Spicy and complex with cardamom, green apple, pineapple and dried lime. Hints of white chocolate and mango,...
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Blanc De Lynch Bages Bordeaux Blanc 2017
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$80.38
Lots of spiced pears and lemon rind with lemon-grass and stone undertones. Gun flint. Full body and dense, creamy...
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Blanc De Lynch Bages Bordeaux Blanc 2018
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$80.38
This wine has a lovely complexity with balance and lift and does that thing where it waits for a heartbeat, then...
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Blanc De Lynch Bages Bordeaux Blanc 2021
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$65.54
Bright and crunchy white with layers of gooseberries, fennel, lemon grass and sea shells. White peach, too....
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Blanc De Lynch Bages Bordeaux Blanc 2022
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$64.03
Peach, apricot, pear and green apple combine with sweet tropical fruit touches lending both a freshness and rich,...
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Chateau Carbonnieux Pessac Leognan Blanc 2020
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$52.18
Barrel Sample. Crisp and tight with fine citrus flavors, the wine is beautifully proportioned with textured, zesty...
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Chateau Cos D'estournel Bordeaux Blanc 2014
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$180.95
This is so dense and layered with complex dried-pineapple, stone and cooked-apple character. Mineral undertones. Full...
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Chateau Cos D'estournel Bordeaux Blanc 2017
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$128.95
This is a very rich white with sliced, dried mango and apple, as well as cooked apples, candle wax and light vanilla....
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Chateau Cos D'estournel Bordeaux Blanc 2018
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$131.95
Green papaya, pomelo, cream, flint and hints of wax on the nose. It’s full-bodied with bright acidity and a creamy...
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Chateau Cos D'estournel Bordeaux Blanc 2019
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$155.82
Sliced-apple and lime with some aniseed and licorice. Iodine, too. Full-bodied with linear acidity and a fine tannin...
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Chateau Cos D'estournel Bordeaux Blanc 2021
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$128.95
This is layered and serious, with intense yet subtle notes of dried pineapple, lemon, crushed stones and shells....
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Chateau Couhins Pessac Leongnan Blanc 2016
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$39.57
A lively, bright and subtly citric dry white that starts quite sleek on the palate, but expands and gains in...
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Chateau d'Yquem White Y 2013
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$210.24
This stunning white offers a rich display of mango and papaya flavors, gilded with peach, lemon curd and tangerine...
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Chateau d'Yquem White Y 2014
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$260.96
This is best ygrec ever with pineapple and lemon. Full body yet vivid and fresh. Incredible energy and depth....
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Chateau d'Yquem White Y 2015
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$247.34
This offers creamed yellow apple, green melon and verbena notes surrounded by a brioche and salted butter frame. The...
Mavrodaphne Sherry White Bordeaux 375ml 750ml Pre-Arrival
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?
Sherry is made in a unique way using the solera system, which blends fractional shares of young wine from oak barrels with older, more mature wines. Sherry has no vintage date because it is blended from a variety of years. Rare, old sherries can contain wine that dates back 25 to 50 years or more, the date the solera was begun. If a bottle has a date on it, it probably refers to the date the company was founded.
Most sherries begin with the Palomino grape, which enjoys a generally mild climate in and around the triad of towns known as the "Sherry Triangle" and grows in white, limestone and clay soils that look like beach sand. The Pedro Ximenez type of sweet sherry comes from the Pedro Ximenez grape.
Sherry is a "fortified" wine, which means that distilled, neutral spirits are used to fortify the sherry. The added liquor means that the final sherry will be 16 to 20 percent alcohol (higher than table wines) and that it will have a longer shelf life than table wines.
France is widely known as being the home of many of the world's finest white wines, and within France, the name which rings out across the wine world and is always associated with excellence of quality and flavor is Bordeaux. The white wines of the magnificent Bordeaux region are typically blended, and rely on the winemaker's skill and expertise to achieve the fine balance between the primary grape varietals used. Most blended white Bordeaux wines are made up of Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon and Muscadelle varietals, although there are actually nine grapes officially allowed by French wine law for the inclusion in Bordeaux white wines. The other six are Sauvignon Gris, Merlot Blanc, Ugni Blanc, Colombard, Ondenc and Mauzac, although the use of these other grapes has been in steady decline over the past century.