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Deep red with an edge of purple, with aromas of walnut husk and balsamic. Full and elegant on the palate with...
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$18.80
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$18.42
Born from the blend of grapes coming from two areas, Langhe and Roero. Langhe give depth and volume, and Roero...
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$24.90
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COLOR: Deep ruby red color with purple tints.
NOSE: The nose is very intense, with typical aromas of plum, raspberry,...
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The 2019 Barbera d'Alba Morassina is fabulous. Dark, layered and super-expressive, the 2019 marks a return to...
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$21.20
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• 100% Mavrodaphne.
• Low yielding vines from loamy clay soils.
• Fermented and aged in stainless steel.
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Umberta is 100% Barbera and the so-called "entry-level" wine at Iuli. Coming from south-facing vineyards planted...
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$23.94
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Rossore, 100% Barbera, was Fabrizio's first wine. The name refers to the red flush on one's cheeks after drinking it....
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Deep purple color with crimson highlights. Elegant floral nose with peony and violet flowers along with the typical...
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$28.00
Ruby-red color with purple hues. A suitably intense bouquet of red berries and syrupy fruit with traces of tobacco...
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$37.94
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$37.18
100% Barbera. From 25-45-year-old estate vines on a slope on stony clay-limestone soils. The fruit is organically...
750ml
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$35.89
They now own 100% of the grapes used for the El Rapolao and the 2021 La Vizcaína El Rapolao, from the youngest vines...
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The grapes from the 2021 La Vizcaína La Poulosa were the first to be picked, and they lowered the alcohol and...
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Sleek and silky, with a dark mix of black currant, blackberry paste and damson plum fruit wrapping around dense,...
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Bright and fruity, this red is nevertheless taut, with black cherry, blackberry and earth flavors bound by grainy...
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• 100% Barbera from 10-30-year-old vines, sourced from three hectares in the Cotta cru of Neive.
• 200-250 meters...
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$36.00
A perfumed, dark-fruited red with dried herbs and spices on offer. Full-bodied and round-textured with vivid acidity...
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Fun fact: The rules of Barbera d'Alba allow for up to 15% Nebbiolo to blend in! And guess what. The Ruvei Barbera...
Barbera Mavrodaphne Mencia
For centuries now, the beautiful red grapes of the Barbera varietal have been grown in Italy, where they are prized for their unusual high acid content and low tannins, brought about by their thin skins. The Barbera grape varietal thrives in warmer climates, and has had some success overseas in the new world, where its strongly aromatic flavors of intense hedgerow fruits make it a favorite with wineries and wine drinkers looking for a grape which offers plenty of interesting characteristics. Interestingly, the differences between young and aged wines made from this varietal are quite significant, with younger bottles holding a plethora of berry flavors, including blueberry and raspberry notes, and oak aged wines made from the Barbera grape being much loved for their ability to become extremely complex and spicy, and picking up vanilla flavors from the wood they are barreled in.
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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