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$16.25
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$15.93
Corinto (Chasselas) grown on 150-year-old vines at 650ft. Long fermentation in tank and aged 18 months over the lees.
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$19.20
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$15.44
Ruby color. Elegant, with fresh fig and ripe red berry aromas (black cherry, wild strawberry), as well as delicate...
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$14.95
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$14.65
The Beau! Beaujolais comes from a forty year-old high-density vineyard. Fermentation is traditional, 100%...
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$28.94
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$28.36
If there is a red grape more expressive in its youth than Valdiguié, we've yet to meet it. It's so many vibrant,...
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Brouilly is one of the Cru Beaujolais, which are known for producing excellent, food friendly, underrated wines at a...
750ml
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$20.95
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• 100% Chasselas.
• 10-20 year old vines.
• Altitude: 425 meters.
• Hand-harvested, slow, cold...
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$15.99
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$15.67
Savory undertones of grilled thyme, fresh earth and smoky mineral flank the steeped cherry and raspberry fruit...
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The Fleurie wine-making is traditional - whole clusters are kept, which leads to a semi-carbonic maceration as the...
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Delectable, fruity nose underscored with aromas of red and black fruits. Generous and aromatic on the palate, with...
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$21.60
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$21.17
Delectable, fruity nose underscored with aromas of red and black fruits. Generous and aromatic on the palate, with...
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$41.94
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$41.10
Needs a moment in the glass for the forest-berry aromas to open up. Very minerally and smoky with plenty of...
750ml
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The complex and compelling nose of red fruit pulls you inexorably into the concentrated and beautifully proportioned...
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$21.60
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$21.17
Ruby red with purple highlights. Beautiful balance between ripe red fruits and ethereal floral notes. A remarkable...
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
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$93.00
Very well structured, yet restrained and elegant with a cool and delicate personality for the warm vintage, this is a...
750ml
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This beautiful Fleurie has stacks of black raspberry fruit, but is anything other than loud. It gracefully tiptoes...
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$22.95
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$22.49
Rated 92 - The Régnié “Sans Soufre” from Château de la Pierre hails from a beautiful parcel of sixty to...
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$17.50
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$17.15
Cherry red in color with a distinct nose of bright red fruit such as cherry & blackcurrant. Full of finesse with soft...
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This full, robust Beaujolais offers a fleshy texture and greater longevity than any other Beaujolais cru. Its...
Chasselas Gamay Mavrodaphne
The French wines of Beaujolais are widely regarded as some of the finest table wines in the world. This is due in part to the qualities of the Gamay grape, from which they are made. Gamay produces beautifully, juicy, rounded and gulpable red wines, usually drank young and full of their natural fruit character. However, it would be a mistake to say that Gamay is limited to easy-drinking, soft wines - it’s a highly flexible and versatile grape, capable of producing aged wines of serious complexity and structure, full of expression and fascinating characteristics.
The majority of Gamay wines from France are labeled under Beaujolais Villages or Beaujolais, and these are the standard table wines we’re used to seeing in French restaurants, at bistros, and at our local wine store. Usually great value for money, these are the light, slightly acidic examples of what the grape can do. Far more interesting are those Gamay wines from the 10 cru villages, just north of Beaujolais, where generations of expertise and a unique soil type made up of granitic schist result in far more unique, complicated wines. The best examples of Gamay feature intense aromatics, all black fruit and forest fare, and are worth cellaring for a few years.
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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