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Toasted hazelnuts, dried peach, and toffee greet the nose before giving way to creamy oats and raw sugar. The...
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A stark amber in the glass, there are enticing aromas of toffee, torched brown sugar, and coconut on the nose. A...
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Just a touch of peat leads to coco and vanilla bean. Hints of peach pairs with baking spices with floralness and...
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Art & Decadence is built on malt whisky from the Balmenach Distillery, finished separately for almost a year in not...
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Hedonism 2024 contains the last of our stocks of grain whiskies distilled in the 1990s, a period when some of the...
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For our third release in the Extinct Blends Quartet, Metropolis, we step into the throng of a striving city through...
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A whiff of mealy, floury apples, pear, candied lemon peel, and fruit teas, this is certainly light and fruity,...
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The name says it all: This is a spice-forward blended Scotch for sure. The bold aroma evokes fresh apple and spice,...
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An intensely smoky initial bouquet which then becomes creamy, concentrated, citrusy, mash-like, and very malty. At...
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To highlight the art of American coopering even further, we have finished part of the whisky used for this special...
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Based on a bespoke blend made for the New York City restaurant The Spaniard, this permanent addition to the Compass...
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Well-structured aromas with floral top notes, seasoned oak, vanilla, layered peat smoke, dried banana chip, and...
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This subtly aromatic blended whisky invokes dried red and yellow fruits atop fresh oatmeal. Lean in the mouth, it is...
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The very first smooth & mellow Whisky of the Cutty Sark family. With its inimitable Whisky taste profile, the iconic...
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Possibly one of the best-balanced whiskies around—which is what blending is all about—this honey-hued Scotch...
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This golden blended Scotch is remarkably complex, showing creamy vanilla, crème brûlée and almond before tapering...
Albarossa Blended Scotch Ice Wine Mavrodaphne
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?