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750ml
Bottle: $17.64 $19.60
12 bottles: $15.83
A clean, simple Gavi with sliced apples and hints of stones and white almonds. Crisp, dry and light on the palate...
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750ml
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A complexity of honeydew melon, apple, pear and acacia with a salty mineral crunch, racy acidity and an almond...
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Light and clear with a heavenly bouquet reminiscent of almond trees in blossom. Dry and harmonious with a final...
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750ml
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The Cortese grape always makes for etched and sharp white wines with a strong salty mineral component. That's exactly...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $14.99 $16.66
Classic aromas of lychee, rose petal and grapefruit, with underlying hints of ginger spice. Very vibrant and zesty on...
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White
750ml
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A well-cut white, with a tang of salinity underscoring notes of crunchy pear, melon rind, grapefruit pith and a...
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Bottle: $21.92
A fresh, simple but attractive Gavi here with sliced apples, pears and nectarines. Scented, pure and floral on the...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $15.94
12 bottles: $15.62
Soft pressing and fermentation in stainless steel tanks. Heavenly bouquet reminiscent of Almond trees in bloom. Lush...
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750ml
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750ml
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White
750ml
Bottle: $21.67 $24.08
12 bottles: $17.49
APPEARANCE: Light straw. NOSE: Typical of Gavi, fine and pleasently fresh. PALATE: Delicate, very dry, characterized...
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750ml
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This has aromas of sliced apples, fresh pears, lemons and melon. Creamy and fresh with a light to medium body and...
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White
750ml
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Tenuous straw-yellow color with greenish reflections. An intense and fine odor with persistent fruity and flowery...
White
750ml
Bottle: $17.05
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This wine is obtained by smoothly pressing the Cortese grapes grown in the villages of Gavi and Novi Ligure. Gavi is...
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White
750ml
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Made from 100% Cortese grapes, this delicious white is both soft and crisp. With a pleasant stony minerality, this...
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White
375ml
Bottle: $12.94 $13.87
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A tangy and fresh Gavi full of sliced apples, lemon zest and stones. Medium-bodied and textured on the palate with...
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Cortese Moschofilero Vilana 2022

The Cortese white wine grape varietal has been grown in and around south Piedmont, Italy, for at least five hundred years. Its delicate nature and moderate acidity have made it a favorite with people around the world, and it is most commonly served alongside the excellent seafood and shellfish dishes of the part of Italy it is traditionally grown in. Cortese grapes are easily identifiable by their lime and greengage flavors, and their generally delicate and medium bodied character. Cortese wines are also notable for their freshness and crispness, again, making them an ideal match for seafood. Whilst colder years often produce harsher, more acidic Cortese wines, practices such as allowing malolactic fermentation can solve any such problems and still produce delicious white wines made from this varietal.

Greece has many AOC regions, each with their own signature grape varietal which is cultivated and processed to an exceptionally high degree of excellence. The AOC of Mantinia on the beautiful expansive plateau of the Peloponnese has the Moschofilero varietal, a gray colored white variety which produces exceptional Blanc de Gris wines. A delicate grape, highly sensitive to adverse weather conditions, it is nonetheless prized by wine makers for its unique attributes and the quality of the wine which can be made from it. Although commonly compared to western European Muscat wines, the Moschofilero grapes produce wine which is in a league of its own – full of floral aromas containing heavy, almost soporific notes of rose petals and violets. The flavor of the wine tends to be spicy, and leans more towards earthy mineral flavors rather than fruit ones, making it perfect as an aperitif or coupled with salty olives and cheeses.

Moschofilero wines tend to be elegant and subtle, with their strength being in their crispness, and the bouquet of floral aromas rising from the glass. The finest Moschofilero wines to come out of Greece in recent decades have included the Tselopos, whose high altitude vineyards have seemingly mastered the potential and complexity of this gray grape to international acclaim.

Additional Information on Greek Wines


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