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Pretty honeysuckle aromas lead to easygoing lemon sorbet and melon flavors in this white. Drink now. 100,000 cases made.
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Pretty honeysuckle aromas lead to easygoing lemon sorbet and melon flavors in this white. Drink now. 100,000 cases made.
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This Syrah-driven blend offers a lot of pleasure for an excellent price. It is a camp out aromatically, with seared...
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Our fruit-driven Fiesta Tempranillo is a fantastic representation of vintage and terroir. Bright garnet in color,...
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A super-fresh, zingy and refreshing wine made for picnics, shucked oysters and such. Crisp apples, white peaches and...
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This delightful, crisp and refreshing wine represents Alfredo’s family winemaking tradition rooted in northern...
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100% Pinot Gris from two certified organic vineyards within the Willamette Valley: Oracle Vineyard in Dundee Hills...
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Aroma: On the nose, this Pinot Gris has a pronounced aroma of mixed tropical and citrus fruits such as pineapple,...
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Deep floral and intense red fruit notes of cherry and raspberry on the pallet into a complex minerality of gravel and...
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Eyrie pioneered the variety in the New World and the New World’s oldest vines contribute to this cuvée. We take a...
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A crisp, full bodied style, with sur lie aging; lovely flavors of pears and papaya with scents of toasted almonds and...
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We have been making Pinot gris as a “red wine” before it was cool (~2014). A genetic variant of Pinot noir, yet...
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The name refers to how we make it and what you should do when you drink it. All the grapes that go into it (an...
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A co-ferment of Pinot Noir (83%), Grüner Veltliner (10%), and Syrah (7%). The fruit is sourced from Zenith Vineyard...
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Pear, lime, and honeysuckle aromas that are accented by green mango, fennel blossom, and slate. Flavors of apple,...
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This cuvée combines the elegant, fruity notes of Pinot Noir with the bold, structural complexity of Syrah to honor...
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Signature Pinot Gris aromas of Meyer lemon, fresh pear and white flowers greet the nose, along with a touch of mango,...
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Pretty classic 100% stainless-steel Willamette Valley Pinot Gris that aged sur lie for four months. Aromas of...
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Crisp yet luscious, with easygoing yet floral lemongrass and melon flavors. Drink now. 115,000 cases made.
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This lighter-bodied, ethereal take on Pinot Gris has highly floral aromas of gardenias and lemon-scented Sweet Bay...
Mavrodaphne Pinot Gris Red Blend Tempranillo United States Oregon
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
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The Pinot Grigio or Pinot Gris grape varietal is now one of the most widely grown vines in the world, due to the surge in popularity of Pinot Grigio wines over the past twenty years or so. These grayish-blue fruits, which hang in their distinctively conical bunches, are responsible for a very broad range of wines famous for their variety of color tones and flavors Pinot Grigio varietal grapes are highly influenced by terroir, climate and particularly the skill and expertise of the vintners who process them. As such, there are full bodied, amber colored wines made from this grape, and there are equally delicious yet far leaner, paler, lighter bodied and crisp white wines made from the same species in other parts of the world.
There are plenty of notable native Spanish grapes which have made a big impression on the wine world at large, but none are as renowned or as widely loved as the Tempranillo varietal. This black skinned grape has been used for wine making for centuries, with several ancient civilizations noticing the fact that it is highly versatile and holds some delicious flavors and aromas, perfect for those looking for a powerful yet elegant grape for their wines. Tempranillo often causes winemakers some trouble, however, as it is highly susceptible to many diseases. Despite this, plenty continue to persevere with this varietal, as it is perfect for producing delicious and complex single variety and blended wines, packed full of classic Spanish flavors and plenty of aromatic and intense surprises.
Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.
The beautiful state of Oregon has, over the past few decades, become increasingly well known and respected for its wine industry, with several small but significant wineries within the state receiving world wide attention for the quality of their produce. Whilst the first vineyards within Oregon were planted in the 1840s, the state's wine industry didn't really take off until the 1960s, when several wine producers from California discovered that the cooler regions of the state were ideal for cultivating various fine grape varietals. Today, Oregon has over four hundred and fifty wineries in operation, the vast majority of which are used for the production of wines made from Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir varietal grapes, both of which thrive in the valleys and mountainsides which characterise the landscape of the state.