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Spirits
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An assortment of dried fruit interweaves with fresh chopped pine and hazelnut ganache on the nose. A silky, smoky...
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This Cabernet Sauvignon is a perfect representation of the glorious conditions Mother Nature provided us. The wine is...
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This medium body Cabernet Sauvignon with great fruit flavors and smooth structured tannins. Has aromas of black...
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Founded during the ‘whisky boom’ of the late 19th century, Aultmore Distillery has changed hands several times...
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750ml
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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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Shows steeped plum and blackberry fruit that is dark and brooding in profile, while bittersweet cocoa, warm cast iron...
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Red
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Red
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The 2020 B Side Cabernet Sauvignon is a deeply concentrated and expressive wine with aromas of boysenberry,...
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The 2010 Silver Label Cabernet Sauvignon reflects a blending of grapes grown from select North Coast vineyards. This...
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This Cabernet is sustainably farmed and produced from a blend of our best hillside blocks on Olive Hill Estate. A...
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Medium bodied with ripe plum, black currant, and blackberry flavors with a touch of mint. Cedar and dusty earth...
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Spirits
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Matured in American oak ex-bourbon & double-fired American oak casks, bringing elegant complexity and warmth Natural...
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This late-night expression is rich and autumnal, developed and amplified to unexpected heights, while staying...
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Band of Vintners Cabernet Sauvignon is a lush, approachable and pleasurable wine. What a spectacular vintage! A warm...
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Fruity, full-bodied, medium-high tannin structure. Black fruits, black pepper and cocoa powder. Bar Dog is...
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A high-toned nose of herbs, brambly earth, and candied berries comes through. On the palate, red and dark fruits come...
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Cabernet Sauvignon Chenin Blanc Mavrodaphne Single Malt Scotch

Originating in France yet now grown in many parts of the New World, Chenin Blanc is one of the most versatile and highly regarded white wine grape varietals on earth. These green skinned grapes hold a relatively high acid content, and as such can be used for making still white wines of exceptional quality, as well as superb sparkling wines (such as the Crémant wines of the Loire Valley) and extremely aromatic dessert wines. Their natural transparency means that they are a fine grape for expressing their terroir in the bottle, and winemakers often experiment with this varietal to coax unusual and intense flavors from the grapes, such as allowing the development of noble rot on the fruit in order to make sweet and viscous wines of a unique character.

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
What is Retsina?