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Bottle: $33.11 $36.79
This bold Cabernet Sauvignon is harvested from vineyards across Napa Valley, warmer climate hillside vineyard fruit...
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Bottle: $14.87
Dry, almost full-bodied with ripe black cherry leading black currant and red berry fruit, with vanilla and cinnamon...
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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: $29.20
6 bottles: $28.62
A very juicy and bright cabernet sauvignon here with plenty of currants and red fruit. Spices and tobacco as well....
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750ml
Bottle: $18.89 $21.20
Dark garnet velvet in color and texture, this Cabernet from Paso Robles highlights what the region is quickly being...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $54.71 $60.79
Dark in the glass, this is a dense expression from the estate's top blocks, offering aromas or elderberry, açaí and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $26.35
12 bottles: $22.54
Attractive, ripe black fruit with some baked dark plums, black olives, blackcurrants, cumin and licorice on the nose....
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $25.60
This is hard work and dedication. Racy dark cherries, juicy-as-hell plums, exotic spices…spices…There’s a touch...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $43.99
12 bottles: $41.04
This medium body Cabernet Sauvignon with great fruit flavors and smooth structured tannins. Has aromas of black...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $20.23 $22.48
12 bottles: $17.59
The 2020 B Side Cabernet Sauvignon is a deeply concentrated and expressive wine with aromas of boysenberry,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $26.01 $27.97
A full-bodied red with redcurrants, rust and black chocolate aromas and flavors. Savory. Granular soft tannins. Very...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $35.06 $35.99
Very pretty depth with a tile and rock-like texture to this. Minerally. Redcurrant. Medium to full body. Juicy...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $44.65
12 bottles: $43.76
The wine is very aromatic with notes of mint, blueberry and black fruits. Deep flavors of black cherry are balanced...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.80
12 bottles: $15.65
Savory ripe currants with earthy berries and a tobacco-leaf note. A juicy, medium-bodied cabernet sauvignon with...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.55 $18.33
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $24.00
12 bottles: $23.52
For our Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve, we carefully select only the finest barrels of the vintage from our estate...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $41.51
6 bottles: $40.67
Exceptionally complex nose with layers of leather, spice, black currant, nutmeg, and blackberry. Rich flavors of...
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750ml
Bottle: $19.50
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Browne Family Vineyards Skull & Chain pays tribute to William Bitner Browne, grandfather of proprietor Andrew Browne,...
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Altesse Cabernet Sauvignon Mavrodaphne 2020 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?