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Floral aromas, with blueberries and hints of vanilla that follow through to a medium body with fine tannins and a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.13
Full-flavored Cabernet Sauvignon expresses a rich taste with signature bourbon barrel notes of charred vanilla and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $9.99
Cozy up with an approachable red that's anything but boring. This Cabernet Sauvignon boasts comforting aromas of rich...
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Rose
750ml
Bottle: $16.94 $17.59
12 bottles: $16.60
Juicy and easygoing, with modest cherry and orange peel accents. Merlot and Syrah. Drink now. 8,100 cases made.
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.84 $18.40
12 bottles: $17.48
A rich and distinct with complex notes of blackberry, coffee, nutmeg, and caramel. A velvety smooth finish of plump...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $64.83 $65.68
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Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Declaration has intense blackcurrant cordial, blueberry pie...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $9.99
This wine conjures up red currants, dark berries and sweet vanilla oak in a passing smell. Caramel lurks in the back....
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Rose
750ml
Bottle: $14.64 $15.41
12 bottles: $11.52
A blend of Grenache and Zinfandel, Snoop Cali Rosé breaks the rules of typical rosé culture with a touch of...
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $14.87
Dry, almost full-bodied with ripe black cherry leading black currant and red berry fruit, with vanilla and cinnamon...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $22.24
Cherry pie and red licorice notes are rounded, forward and open-knit in style, ending with a frank dose of vanilla on...
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Rose
750ml
Bottle: $15.91 $16.75
12 bottles: $12.35
California rose with strawberry, white peach, grapefruit, rose petal, honeydew, nectarine, and watermelon flavors.
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Rose
750ml
Bottle: $21.67 $24.08
12 bottles: $15.85
A delightful quaff, this is lively with cherry, strawberry and spice flavors that finish on a zesty, succulent...
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Rose
750ml
Bottle: $21.94
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• SIP Certified Sustainable. • 100% Rosé of Grenache. • Clone 2, Noir, and Tablas A. • Santa Barbara...
Rose
750ml
Bottle: $18.00
12 bottles: $17.10
A.J. Adam’s Spätburgunder (pinot noir) Rosé a perfectly light bodied, cool climate rosé. A wine that tends to...
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Rose
750ml
Bottle: $16.94 $18.33
12 bottles: $16.63
A perfumed floral nose of sliced strawberries, clotted cream, orange peel and orange blossom. Medium-bodied with...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $51.89
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Sophisticated layers of wild blackberry, forest and baking spice mingle on the nose with violets, leather and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $72.72 $80.80
An intriguing bouquet of strawberry, neroli and almond greet the nose. The opening is subtle but quickly crescendos...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $72.72 $80.80
An intriguing bouquet of strawberry, neroli and almond greet the nose. The opening is subtle but quickly crescendos...
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Rose
750ml
Bottle: $12.57
12 bottles: $12.32
Built for brunch, drinkable whenever. Accomplice Rosé smells like strawberry, pear and citrus blossom, tastes like...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $8.63
12 bottles: $8.20
The wine has a luxurious ruby color and impressive structure. It offers enticing aromas of black cherries and barrel...

Altesse Cabernet Sauvignon Mavrodaphne Rose / Blush Mencia 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?