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Red
750ml
Bottle: $9.99
Red plum, currants and cedar aromas with a touch of earthy goodness. This wine is medium to full-bodied and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $39.69
12 bottles: $38.90
Rated 92 - Aromas of currants, cedar and violets follow through to a medium body and fine tannins with a lovely,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.44 $21.60
12 bottles: $17.10
Rated 93 - Beautiful, broad and plush, this structured but charming wine overflows with red fruits and baking spices,...
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90
Red
375ml
Bottle: $13.22
12 bottles: $12.96
This wine impresses red wine lovers immediately with spicy aromas of cassis, black cherry, plum, vanilla, oak and...
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Red
5.0Ltr
Bottle: $19.94
Flavors of blackberry aromas and raspberry. Soft, medium-bodied wine with a smooth finish. Serve at room temperature.
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.94 $18.33
12 bottles: $16.63
Merlot excels at our estate Margarita Vineyard and has been a mainstay in our small family of wines since day one....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $32.94 $33.60
12 bottles: $32.28
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.41 $15.17
12 bottles: $12.36
Our Apothic Merlot is a silky, approachable red wine grown in California. Notes of blackberry and boysenberry are...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $44.72
6 bottles: $44.00
Intense, deep red in colour, Desiderio 2019 reveals inviting notes of sweet cherries and raspberries, rose petals and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $12.36 $13.01
12 bottles: $8.08
Our Merlot is garnet in color with flavors of black cherry on the palate. Soft and smooth.
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Red
187ml
Bottle: $6.99
Rated 90 - Bright cherry, ripe plum, milk chocolate, red apple, and vanilla bean flavors combine for this wine’s...
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90
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $11.87 $12.50
12 bottles: $7.60
Rated 90 - Bright cherry, ripe plum, milk chocolate, red apple, and vanilla bean flavors combine for this wine’s...
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90
Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.15
12 bottles: $16.81
• 100% Merlot. • Sourced from four vineyards in the Yakima Valley, Red Mountain and Columbia Valleys. • Sees...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $68.93
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.44 $16.25
12 bottles: $12.35
Ripe strawberry, tea, jam, and light coffee aromas. Well- integrated oak and plum flavors make this soft and velvety...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.09
12 bottles: $11.88
Flavors of rich, ripe cherries and plums are enriched by the smooth, deep, well-structured background. A beautifully...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $68.94 $72.90
Rated 97 - Rated 97 - This Barone Ricasoli 2018 Casalferro is a selection of the best Merlot from three different...
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95
Red
750ml
Bottle: $79.94
6 bottles: $78.34
Rated 93 - A rich, dark expression of Merlot, this red walks the line between austerity and generosity, the latter...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.64 $15.41
12 bottles: $11.52
Brilliant garnet red color. The nose reveals nice aromas of ripe fruits (strawberry, blackberry) with delicate coffee...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $12.95 $14.30
12 bottles: $12.69
100% Merlot from 18-year-old vines. The vineyards are sustainably farmed and indigeonous yeasts are used for...

Mavrodaphne Merlot 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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With its dark blue colored fruits and high juice content, Merlot varietal grapes have long been a favorite of wine producers around the globe, with it being found in vineyards across Europe, the Americas and elsewhere in the New World. One of the distinguishing features of Merlot grapes is the fact that they have a relatively low tannin content and an exceptionally soft and fleshy character, meaning they are capable of producing incredibly rounded and mellow wines. This mellowness is balanced with plenty of flavor, however, and has made Merlot grapes the varietal of choice for softening other, more astringent and tannin-heavy wines, often resulting in truly exceptional produce. Merlot is regarded as one of the key 'Bordeaux' varietals for precisely this reason; when combined with the drier Cabernet Sauvignon, it is capable of blending beautifully to produce some of the finest wines available in the world.