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750ml
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The Pieri Rosso seeks for the best balance between tradition and modernity. There’s always precocious Sangiovese...
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750ml
Bottle: $15.17
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This Cabernet Sauvignon is intense in nose, with pepper and ripe red fruit aromas. Cherry flavors in mouth with a...
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750ml
Bottle: $21.94
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• 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. • 90% Viñas Viejas del Peral and San Jose & 10% from Gualtallary. • Hand-harvested...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.85 $20.80
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The unoaked 2022 Rosso di Montalcino offers redcurrant, dried raspberry, cherry cola, lavender candy and wild rose....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $12.50
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $25.99 $28.88
12 bottles: $23.56
The 2022 Chianti Classico Peppoli is a youthful ruby magenta, and is highly expressive with lively aromas of...
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750ml - Case of 12
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1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle: $15.20
The 2022 Cabernet presents a ripe blackberry aroma with a smooth, round, fruity palate.
Red
750ml
Bottle: $21.93
6 bottles: $21.49
The clay gives this 100% Sangiovese a vibrant and unvarnished taste of red fruit. Da-Di is bursting with the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.80 $22.00
12 bottles: $17.48
The 2010 Silver Label Cabernet Sauvignon reflects a blending of grapes grown from select North Coast vineyards. This...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $12.99
12 bottles: $11.52
Intense bright ruby red, cherry nose with floral nuances. Well-balanced, soft but tasty, with good structure....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.43 $21.59
12 bottles: $17.80
Color: Ruby-red. Bouquet: Intense with notes of cherries, plums, and violets. Taste: Rich flavors of cherry and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.94 $15.41
Intense ruby red color. Complex aromas of iris and violets, red fruit and balsamic scents. Soft, elegant and...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.94
12 bottles: $19.54
An elegant, full-bodied red which displays dark fruit flavors paired with savory, earthy undertones. Bright acidity...
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Red
750ml
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.41
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Deep red ruby color. Aromas of blackberries and red peppers, with the presence of spicy notes. Elegant on the palate,...
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750ml
Bottle: $13.40
12 bottles: $13.13
Color: Ruby red. Aroma: Fresh and expressive. Palate: Captures the palate with potency and finesse, with an...
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750ml
Bottle: $12.57
12 bottles: $12.32
Color: Dazzling scarlet over a grenadine backdrop. Nose: Fruit of the forest aromas, coupled with aromatic jammy...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $20.52
Deep ruby color, fresh with layered dark fruits, blackberry, black raspberry, cedar, allspice, cinnamon and hints of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.93 $19.60
12 bottles: $17.57
Extreme elevation and rare Redvine soils make this mountain site ideal for growing well-structured Cabernet Sauvignon...

Altesse Cabernet Sauvignon Mavrodaphne Sangiovese 2022 Wine

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?

The name of this grape, meaning 'blood of Jove' conjures up evocative images of long dead civilizations, and gives the Sangiovese varietal a sense of the holy, the sacred, the special. Indeed, this particular type of Italian grape has been cultivated and processed for thousands of years, and is said to be the original favorite grape varietal of the Romans, and the Etruscans before them. Throughout history, vintners have continued to plant this varietal, and they continue to produce wonderful wines to this day. The long bunches of very dark, round fruit are treasured by fine wineries in Italy and a few other places around the world, and when young, these grapes are lively – full of strawberry flavors and a little spiciness. However, it is when they are aged in oak that they take on some truly special flavors and aromas, as seen in some of the finest wines of the Old World.