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750ml - Case of 6
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This is an impressive and complex wine with such assertive, ripe and juicy fruit on offer. The palate starts out...
750ml - Case of 3
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Mas De Daumas Gassac Blanc 2020
750ml - Case of 6
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$57.07
A fragrant grapefruit and tangerine bouquet touched with scented pears and delicate spice. There’s weight and...
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Mas De Daumas Gassac Blanc 2021
750ml - Case of 6
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$69.95
This has aromas of white pepper, baked apple, pineapple, white tea, smoked almond and papaya. It’s medium-to...
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Mas De Daumas Gassac Blanc 2022
750ml - Case of 6
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$54.72
To be drunk young (in the first 18 months) to appreciate its magnificent minerality and very complex fruit aromas....
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Mullineux White Blend Old Vines 2020
750ml - Case of 6
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$44.65
This has a ripe and complex nose of cooked lemon, apricot, papaya, shortcrust pastry, chamomile, juniper berries and...
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Mullineux White Blend Old Vines 2022
750ml - Case of 6
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$34.89
An aromatic, full-bodied white with aromas of mangoes, papayas, honeysuckle, grilled herbs and beeswax. Textural and...
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R. Lopez De Heredia Gravonia Blanco 2015
750ml - Case of 6
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$51.68
Aromas of dried apples, wax, blanched nuts, and lemon curd follow through to a medium to full body with serious...
750ml - Case of 6
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$530.95
Limpid, brass-tinged yellow-gold. Highly pungent, heady aromas of orange pith, dried peach, iodine, jasmine, honey...
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R. Lopez De Heredia Tondonia Reserva Blanco 2012
750ml - Case of 6
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$160.33
Nuanced pine nuts, macadamia, white truffle, dried pineapple, seaweed and marzipan. Full and voluminous on the palate...
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Sadie Family Palladius 2016
750ml - Case of 6
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$160.29
This inspired wine is the product of 10 different varieties grown on three main soil types in the Paardeberg:...
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Sadie Family Palladius 2017
750ml - Case of 6
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$147.90
Impressively graceful, moving confidently across the palate. The firm but well-integrated acidity links notes of...
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Sadie Family Skerpioen 2019
750ml - Case of 6
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$125.66
Skerpioen is quite a place: a wind-swept, seashore vineyard with sand and limestone soils that makes one of the...
Ice Wine Mavrodaphne Petit Rouge White Blend
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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