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• Gewurztraminer.
• Sourced from a 2HA plot planted in 1995-2012.
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40g/RS so yes, a Gewürz with a little sweetness. It’s also miraculously light on its feet and actually has acid....
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This Cabernet is aromatic and luxuriously textured with a seductive bouquet full of pure blackberry, mocha, and a...
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A light, dry white wine with a bright, pale yellow colour. Powerful and complex aromas between fruits...
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Lush and exotic, displaying honey and floral aromas and flavors, yet deftly balanced and expressive. Well-structured...
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Clean and delicate on the nose with blossom, orange zest, and lychee, with a touch of white pepper. This medium sweet...
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Deep red color; ripe and intense, with blackberry, creme de cassis, cherry jam and prune, layered with tobacco, and...
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Light to moderate tannins. Light-bodied, dry, black currant, black cherry, plum, and cassis with good mouthfeel fades...
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This wine draws from a 1967 plot in the Josef Vineyard, one of the oldest plantings of vinifera in the region. Much...
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The Cuma Cabernet Sauvignon has a dark ruby-red color, with purple highlights. On the nose, there is an explosion of...
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Deep red color with violet hues. Typical aromas of Cabernet Sauvignon. Fresh fruit and a hint of plums and cherries....
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This Cabernet Sauvignon is a deep and intense ruby red. On the nose are notes of plum, currants and cherries with...
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Altesse Cabernet Sauvignon Gewurztraminer Mavrodaphne 2023 Wine
Gewurztraminer is renowned for being a particularly tricky grape varietal to grow and cultivate, but is one which plenty of wineries persevere with due to its unique properties and excellent flavors The vines themselves are highly robust, and can even be unruly when in the correct type of soil, but they cannot grow well in terroirs which contain chalk or other similar components. They are also extremely susceptible to a wide range of diseases and rot, and due to their early budding and fruiting, they cannot survive frost. However, despite these problems, in cooler climates and on the right terroir, the Gewurztraminer grape varietal produces wonderful results quite unlike any other vine. The pink grapes are packed full of elegant and sweet flavors, their relatively high sugar content offering a light sweetness alongside floral notes, perfumed and aromatic aromas, and a distinctive taste of lychees.
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.
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