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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.
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375ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $24.40
Aromas of ripe tropical fruit, spice, and vanilla. Well-balanced and elegant, it pairs excellently with mature...
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375ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $24.40
Aromas of ripe tropical fruit, spice, and vanilla. Well-balanced and elegant, it pairs excellently with mature...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $20.48
A succession of notes of citrus (grapefruit, lemon) and white flowers. The attack is prolonged, the mouth stands out...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $12.94
12 bottles: $12.68
Roger Labbe’s Abymes is 100% Jacquère, a varietal that grows especially well in the Savoie region of France. While...
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750ml
Bottle: $21.20
12 bottles: $20.78
• 100% Mavrodaphne. • Low yielding vines from loamy clay soils. • Fermented and aged in stainless steel.
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750ml
Bottle: $14.30
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100% Jacquère. The Abymes appellation sits lower and the slope than the Apremont and is on generally flatter land....
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $25.01
Deep purple color with crimson highlights. Elegant floral nose with peony and violet flowers along with the typical...
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375ml
Bottle: $40.72
6 bottles: $40.00
COLOR: Intense yellow gold with amber highlights. NOSE: Ample bouquet with notes of candied citrus, apricot and...
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375ml
Bottle: $37.92
6 bottles: $37.20
COLOR: Intense yellow gold with amber highlights. NOSE: Ample bouquet with notes of candied citrus, apricot and...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
500ml
Bottle: $45.60 $48.00
Intense notes of candied fruit and citrus fruit with hints of eucalyptus, sage and apricot. Balanced and lingering,...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $25.94
Golden yellow-orange in color. Bouquet is complex and elegant, reminiscent of dried fruit and apricots. Beautifully...
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375ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $175.21
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375ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $159.70
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375ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $159.65
The 2003 Rosso Passito Vino Dolce Vigna Serè is impossibly fresh. It opens like a dusty cedar spice box with a sweet...
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375ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $157.70
The 2004 Passito Rosso Vino Dolce Vigna Seré (500-mililiter) is a masterpiece that is impossible to repeat. In fact,...
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375ml - Case of 3
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The 2004 Passito Rosso Vino Dolce Vigna Seré (500-mililiter) is a masterpiece that is impossible to repeat. In fact,...
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Baco Noir Jacquere Mavrodaphne Passito

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
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