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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$21.60
Indigenous and deeply rooted: the Merano Schiava has been grown around Merano for centuries as the area provides the...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$22.50
Deep purple color with crimson highlights. Elegant floral nose with peony and violet flowers along with the typical...
500ml
Bottle:
$35.34
$37.20
The NV Vino da Uve Appassite Vino del Volta, a varietal Malvasia Candia Aromatica, entrances with a bouquet of...
750ml
Bottle:
$27.95
12 bottles:
$27.39
100% Diego, a variety endemic to Lanzarote and La Palma that is high-acid and mineral-driven. Fermented in stainless...
750ml
Bottle:
$20.92
$22.00
12 bottles:
$20.50
100% tank-aged Malvasía Volcanica. Malvasía Volcanica is a grape that is truly indigenous to the Canary Islands, a...
750ml
Bottle:
$47.51
6 bottles:
$46.55
La Jefa is deep straw and gold in color. The aromatics are complex with ripe stone fruits, wild honey, seasoned wood,...
750ml
Bottle:
$25.95
12 bottles:
$25.43
100% Malvasía de Sitges planted in 1999 on rich alluvial soils. Grapes are hand harvested, lightly crushed and...
750ml
Bottle:
$18.25
12 bottles:
$17.89
COLOR: Concentrated straw yellow with green gold nuances.
NOSE: A floral nose interwoven with first-rate notes of...
750ml
Bottle:
$14.94
12 bottles:
$14.64
The 2021 Schiava is loaded with personality and just plain delicious. A very beautiful mid-weight red laced with dark...
750ml
Bottle:
$21.94
12 bottles:
$21.50
Brilliant straw yellow with sparkling greenish highlights. Fresh and fragrant nose aromas of honeysuckle with fruity...
750ml
Bottle:
$39.84
12 bottles:
$39.04
85% Schiava/15% other. Known locally as Vernatsch, Schiava is a thin-skinned grape native to the Alto Adige and on...
750ml
Bottle:
$12.44
$13.09
12 bottles:
$9.51
Inspired by the traditional drink of Spain, [yellow tail] Sangria combines premium red wine with a splash of sweet...
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Vie Di Romans Malvasia Dis Cumieris 2021
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$43.20
Quite a saline and flavorful malvasia here showing lots of Mediterranean herbs and spices to the dried lemons, tile...
Malvasia Mavrodaphne Mencia Mencia Wine
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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