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Luigi planted Chardonnay and a touch of Sauvignon in 1980. Admittedly, it is not easy to farm Chard and Sauvignon on...
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The 2022 Palomino El Muelle de Olaso is sourced from the renowned El Corregidor Estate in Jerez. It underwent 80%...
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An original blend of estate-grown 60% Tai (the local name for Friulano), 25% Pinot Bianco and 15% Pinot Grigio, all...
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Intense bouquet with vanilla and golden flesh fruit. Sweet with a medium body and rich mouthfeel but with outstanding...
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Vignesperse or "Scattered Vineyards," is about 50% Trebbiano and 50% Malvasia from four vineyards, totaling 1.6...
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The colour is a light straw yellow with pale greenish hues. The aroma combines fruity notes of peach and apricot with...
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Pale gold in color with earthy aromas of beeswax, fresh hay and Acacia honey. Rich and warm on the palate with a...
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The best Italian whites come from the tiny top north-east corner and this is a classic blend of mainly Pinot Bianco...
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Full bodied but balanced with bright acidity and medium tannins from the 7 months of skin contact. It has honeysuckle...
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A delicate, aromatic nose of fresh lime, orange blossom and Meyer lemon turns more savory on the palate, where the...
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Brilliant, pale straw yellow color. Fairly intense with floral notes, great flavor and minerality.
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Fresco di Masi is a new line of handcrafted organic wines, with a low alcohol content and authentic flavour profile....
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• 100% Palomino (from several different heritage clones).
• Sourced from 60-plus year-old vines in La Mendoza, a...
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MONOGRAPH ASSYRTIKO captures a multileveled manner, which can be achieved with this Greek variety, when it is...
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Ginestra, Biancatenera, and Pepella. The grapes come from 5 different parcels totaling 1.2 hectares, between 270 and...
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Straw yellow with green reflections. Notes of jasmine, anise, ripe apricot, peach, and vegetal spice. The palate is...
Assyrtiko Italian White Blends Sherry Pisco
Cultivated since at least the middle of the Byzantine era, the Assyrtiko grape is generally considered to be one the finest of the Greek grape varietals, as a result of its multi-purpose properties and ability to flourish on a wide range of terrains. The ancient Byzantines used it in conjunction with Aidani and Athiri grapes for the production of their unusual and naturally sweet Vinsanto wines, which are still produced today in Santorini, and continue to be popular. However, the Assyrtiko grapes are used for many different AOC wines across Greece, and are favored by wine makers who want to maintain a dryness and acidic punch to their produce.
The Assyrtiko grapes are renowned for their ability to maintain their acidity as they ripen beneath the blazing Mediterranean sun, resulting in wines which have a distinctive dryness and a range of citrus fruit aromas, as well as great structure and high tannins. Often, Assyrtiko grapes will produce wines which leave an unusual after-taste reminiscent of the mineral rich, volcanic soils they are grown in on the slopes of Santorini, making them a favorite for wine drinkers looking for something full of character and interesting attributes. The past twenty five years have seen Assyrtiko vines planted all over the Greek mainland, and even in Attica and Macedonia, where the softer terrain often produces more fruit forward wines with a milder, less astringent character. However, wherever this fine grape varietal is grown, it is rare the results will be anything less than excellent.
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?
Sherry is made in a unique way using the solera system, which blends fractional shares of young wine from oak barrels with older, more mature wines. Sherry has no vintage date because it is blended from a variety of years. Rare, old sherries can contain wine that dates back 25 to 50 years or more, the date the solera was begun. If a bottle has a date on it, it probably refers to the date the company was founded.
Most sherries begin with the Palomino grape, which enjoys a generally mild climate in and around the triad of towns known as the "Sherry Triangle" and grows in white, limestone and clay soils that look like beach sand. The Pedro Ximenez type of sweet sherry comes from the Pedro Ximenez grape.
Sherry is a "fortified" wine, which means that distilled, neutral spirits are used to fortify the sherry. The added liquor means that the final sherry will be 16 to 20 percent alcohol (higher than table wines) and that it will have a longer shelf life than table wines.