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Red
750ml
Bottle: $56.94
6 bottles: $55.80
This is a very successful aglianico from Basilicata replete with dark but fresh berries; the aromas of blackberries,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.52
12 bottles: $17.86
Ruby-red coloured wine tending to violet-purple. Soft fruit aroma with a prevalence of plum and morello cherry. Well...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $21.93
12 bottles: $21.49
• 100% Aglianico. • From Montemiletto, within the Taurasi DOCG appellation. • Altitude is 500-700 meters. •...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $12.44 $13.09
12 bottles: $9.51
Completely Dry. Baco and oak aging produced a bold, intense wine perfect for red meat dishes.
Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.25
12 bottles: $15.93
Red
750ml
Bottle: $20.94
12 bottles: $20.52
Intense ruby red colored wine, dense and opaque. The nose is rich and lingering with hints of ripe fruits, balsamic...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $41.94
12 bottles: $41.10
Intense ruby red colored wine, dense and opaque. The nose is rich and lingering with hints of ripe fruits, balsamic...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $59.90
12 bottles: $58.70
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $84.95 $89.90
The 2011 Taurasi Riserva pulls you close and holds your attention firm with its deeply alluring bouquet of crushed...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $44.94
12 bottles: $44.04
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.93
12 bottles: $19.53
Donna Chiara has a broad aroma, intense and persistent flavors of raspberry jam, elegant.
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $34.94 $36.00
12 bottles: $34.24
The 2019 Taurasi Vigna Andrea seduces the senses with sweet exotic spice and cedar shavings, giving way to medicinal...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $23.94
12 bottles: $23.46
• Practicing organic. • 100% Poulsard. • 50+ year old vines. • 280-380 m altitude. • Grown on clay and...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $28.94
12 bottles: $28.36
Megas Oenos is 80 % Agiorghitiko and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon. The Cabernet is up to 35 years old. The vineyards are...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $44.40
Aromas of wild berry, espresso, dark spice and French oak take center stage while the firmly structured palate...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $31.60
COLOUR: Ruby red. BOUQUET: Scent of red berries with spicy pepper notes. TASTE: Sapid taste, with subtle and complex...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $20.00
Red ruby tending to garnet. Complex nose with scent of cherry, black plum, herbal such eucalyptus. Notes of tobacco,...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $35.77
Deep ruby red in color, with a full and complex nose of tobacco, cherries, violets, berries and hints of spice. Full...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.94
12 bottles: $17.58
Perfumed aromas of spiced cherries, coriander, clove and cardamom. Full-bodied with silky tannins. Rather bright and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.90
12 bottles: $16.56
Stewed damson, licorice root and a faint waft of dried tobacco leaf, the calling card of aglianico. Mid-weighted and...

Agiorghitiko Aglianico Baco Noir Poulsard Robola Wine

The Agiorgitiko grape varietal is grown widely throughout Greece and certain other countries, and is prized for the fact it is highly heat resistant, and can thrive on even quite arid and infertile land. It has been cultivated for millennia in the Nemea region of the Peloponnese mountains, where it remains highly popular to this day. It is a grape varietal which can take on wide range of characteristics, from highly tannic and astringent to rather soft and rounded, and responds well to a variety of wine making techniques and methods. Typically, the Agiorgitiko grape varietal produces wines which are quite spicy, and hold plummy and dark fruit flavors It has been successfully blended with Cabernet Sauvignon, and is a popular grape varietal in many countries around the world.

Aglianico is a black skinned grape most commonly associated with the exquisite wines of the Campania region of Italy. It thrives most happily in hot and dry climates, and as such, has had plenty of success in the New World, particularly in the United States, where it is used to great effect in many red wines. It was believed to come from Greece several thousand years ago, brought by Pheonician tradesman, and was wildly popular in Roman times, when it was used in the finest wines made by the Roman empire. Aglianico grapes produce full bodied red wines which have a high tannin and acid content. As such, it has excellent ageing potential, and with a standard amount of time in a barrel, it rounds out and mellows to produce beautifully balanced wines.

In the mountains of Cephalonia, the mineral rich soils assist in the growing of one of the finest of Greece's white grape varietals – the Robola grape. These noble yellowish grapes are notable for the wines they produce, which generally contain summer fruits, peach and citrus aromas, coupled with flavors which extend beyond the usual range of white wines, revealing smoky and mineral notes, and a lengthy, lemony after-taste. These fine characteristics helped the regions it is grown in gain AOC status, and wine-makers in this area have many generations of practice in bringing out the elegant and subtle characteristics of this grape.

Robola, and the other wines of Cephalonia have a long and illustrious history, being mentioned even in ancient epic poems such as Homer's Iliad. However, it was the Venetians who first recognized the great potential of Robola grapes, which quickly became the focus for the areas wine-makers and tradesmen. Nowadays, Robola wines act as an excellent example of a refined Greek dry white wine, which can be either drank as a light and refreshing summer aperitif, or alongside grilled white meats, salads, or white fish. Robola wines, as a rule, do not age particularly well, and it is highly recommended that bottles are drunk young, within two years of bottling. By doing so, you can enjoy the unique characteristics of this remarkable wine, complete with the balanced combination of chalky, smoky citrus flavors and delicate peach aromas which typify the finest examples of Robola varietal wines.

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
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