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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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Cozy up with an approachable red that's anything but boring. This Cabernet Sauvignon boasts comforting aromas of rich...
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A complete sensory experience, intense aromas of dark and red fruits like marionberry and cherry draw you in and than...
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Aged 22 months in one-fourth new French oak, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Champoux Vineyard (100% Cabernet Sauvignon)...
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Our bolder red for cozy nights ahead, with a medium to full body, notes of red berries and a touch of cocoa.
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Elegantly structured, with refined black cherry and currant flavors that are accented by tobacco and spice notes as...
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Just bottled, the 100% varietal 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon has a juicy, fruit-forward, delicious style as well as notes...
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Aromas of pipe tobacco and black plum lead to flavors of anise, black cherries and dill. This is full bodied but with...
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Vibrant aromas of raspberries, red cherry, currant and baking spice. This wine is medium bodied with a round palate...
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Aromas of black currant, raspberry and blackberry jam introduce big, jammy flavors. Showcases ripe tannins and...
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Aromas of sliced strawberries, red cherries and cedar. Medium-bodied with silky tannins and bright acidity. Very...
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Plush and zesty, this medium-bodied version is lively with black cherry, toasty mocha and spice flavors that zip...
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Rich with red fruit flavor, the complexity and structure of this Cabernet Sauvignon remains delectable at every...
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The aromas show some reduction out of the gate. Beyond that are notes of coffee, char, berry and herb. Pleasing,...
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Planted in the 1970s, Cold Creek is one of Washington's oldest and most acclaimed vineyards. Character builds season...
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Since 1967, the dedicated winemakers at Chateau Ste. Michelle have crafted some of the most spectacular wines in the...
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Tightly focused and rather broad-shouldered, with dense blackberry, bitter chocolate and savory spice flavors that...
Altesse Cabernet Sauvignon Mavrodaphne United States Washington State Columbia Valley 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
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Ancient Greek Wines – A Brief History of Wine in Greece
The Myth of Dionysus, Greek God of Wine
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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.
Since it began in the 1820s, wine-production in Washington state has gone from strength to strength, with many of the finest United States wines coming out over the past twenty years hailing from this region. Today, the state is the second largest US producer of wines, behind California, with over forty thousand acres under vine. The state itself is split into two distinct wine regions, separated by the Cascade Range, which casts an important rain shadow over much of the area. As such, the vast majority of vines are grown and cultivated in the dry, arid desert-like area in the eastern half of the state, with the western half producing less than one percent of the state's wines where it is considerably wetter. Washington state is famed for producing many of the most accessible wines of the country, with Merlot and Chardonnay varietal grapes leading the way, and much experimentation with other varietals characterizing the state's produce in the twenty-first century.