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$58.95
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This is showing aromas of white pepper, pineapples and orange curd, with some wet stone minerality. It’s compact...
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Full nose of pomelo with hints of basil and fresh butter. The rock-solid base of candied-citrus character is married...
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$17.94
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$17.58
The grapes for this wine comes from different vineyards around the Kamptal Valley, from primarily loess soils. The...
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$23.94
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$23.46
The grapes for this wine come from various mountain slopes with the Loiserberg and the Steinmassl making up the...
750ml - Case of 12
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$14.64
Spektakel - what? Yes, spectacular, right! Grüner Veltliner macerated on the skins for 15 days. Veltliner a little...
750ml - Case of 6
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$40.80
Peppery spice, accompanied by orange and pineapple. A concert of aromas on the palate; pepper meets minerality,...
750ml - Case of 6
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$19.20
Ripe notes of yellow plum dance on the palate against a firm, citric background of immense freshness. This stands...
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$14.25
The 2022 Grüner Veltliner Kremstal is made from both estate-grown and purchased fruit grown on gneiss, amphibolite...
750ml
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$39.19
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$38.41
Beautiful nose of ripe melon and orange with notes of fresh sage and tarragon. All this is fully reflected on the...
750ml
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$50.99
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$49.97
An expressive gruner with aromas of sliced apples, cumin and ginseng. It’s medium-bodied, bright and flavorful,...
750ml
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$24.79
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$24.29
Peaches, apricots and lemon curd on the nose. It’s creamy and ripe with a medium body and a deliciously honeyed,...
750ml - Case of 6
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Ridge Petite Sirah Lytton Estate 2019
750ml - Case of 12
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$51.91
A wine of weight and substance, the 2019 Petite Syrah Lytton Estate is fabulous. Best of all, readers won't have to...
750ml - Case of 6
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$51.78
Grüner Veltliner is the signature grape of Austria and produces a dry white wine with savory aromas, spicy flavors,...
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Sine Qua Non The Writing On The Wall 2012
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The 2012 Petite Sirah The Writing on the Wall should be the greatest Petite Sirah to ever come out of California (or...
750ml - Case of 6
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$64.15
Gruner Veltliner Petite Sirah Savatiano
Gruner Veltliner is a pale skinned white wine grape varietal most closely associated with central European countries such as Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In recent years, it has spread somewhat to several New World countries, where it is becoming gradually more popular and regularly seen in wine stores. One of the main attractions of this grape varietal for winemakers is the fact that it is highly versatile, and can be used for the production of several different wine styles, including young, dry white wines, excellent sparkling wines, and it is also a grape varietal which is well suited for aging Gruner Veltliner has the ability to express much of its terroir, and the best examples are generally those which are full of delightfully mineral-rich flavors alongside the more usual notes of citrus fruits and peach.
Petite Sirah was first brought from France to America in the 1880s. It later went on to become one of the only grapes to make it through the devastating Phylloxera virus in the 1890s, both World Wars, and the Great Depression. During Prohibition, it was a main ingredient used to make sacramental wines. In fact, through the 1960s it was a major blending grape in a number of the finest wines produced in California.
By itself, a bottle of Petite Sirah usually has no problem making a quick impression on consumers. With a large amount of natural color and tannins, wines made with the grape commonly feature intensive sweet fruit characteristics like fresh raspberry or blackberry jam, black pepper spice, and plenty of backbone or structure.
There are a number of different styles available. Some concentrate on highlighting fresh, fruity flavors; others are bigger, more voluptuous; and it keeps going up the ladder until you reach the powerful, more machismo-style category.
Savatiano is probably Greece's most well known and most widely grown grape varietal, as it is the primary grape used in the production of Retsina, where the fermenting juices of the Savatiano varietal are flavored with pine resin in order to make this distinctive and famous wine. One of the reasons for the wide cultivation of this grape is due to its hardiness, and resistance to drought conditions. In the sun-drenched and dry, rocky Greek landscapes, this makes it an ideal vine to grow for wine-makers who require a strong and bounteous yield each year.
However, there are plenty of examples of Greek white wines which use the Savatiano grape but withhold from the addition the pine resin flavoring, allowing the true characteristics of this varietal to shine through. The result is often very pleasing indeed, with Savatiano grapes generally producing extremely well balanced and rounded white wines, with a juicily fruity flavor. Their aromas can vary quite a lot, with many Savatiano wines bearing the fragrance of citrus fruits, and also occasionally having a strong floral aroma reminiscent of elder and rose. Due to the relatively low acidity of Savatiano grapes, the wines which use them (including Retsina) generally bolster themselves with the addition of smaller quantities of more acidic varieties, such as Assyrtiko or Rhoditis, in order to improve their sometimes weak structure.
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?