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A more fun style than your typical Shiraz, this fresh, fruity, semi-sweet wine displays aromas and flavors of ripe,...
375ml
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$16.66
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This wine has become one of our most popular and recognized wines and a huge amount of effort, both in the vineyard...
750ml - Case of 12
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$22.50
Deep purple color with crimson highlights. Elegant floral nose with peony and violet flowers along with the typical...
500ml - Case of 6
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750ml
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Vivid ruby red. Floral scents with notes of wild strawberry and red currant, with slightly spicy hints on the nose. A...
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Black Muscat, another under appreciated muscat variety, is known in Europe as a table grape variety, Muscat Hamburg,...
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Essensia is a full-bodied sweet wine made with Orange Muscat grapes. The experience of Essensia is unmistakable: a...
375ml
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The 2012 Vin Santo is compelling, as it so often is. Caramel, honey, brown sugar and kirsch are some of the many...
375ml
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$23.75
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This is a Vin Santo that is traditional both in its blend of Trebbiano and Malvasia grapes as well as in its method...
750ml
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The 2019 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Beerenauslese is coolish, flinty and floral on the precise and aromatic nose...
375ml
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$118.95
Balls-to-the-wall power here, an enveloping BA that's elegant and not voluptuous, with creamy-malty flavors but even...
375ml
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The Selbachs’ 2006 Zeltinger Schlossberg Riesling Beerenauslese smells of resin, caramel, white raisins, and...
750ml
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• 100% Nerello Mascalese from the contrada of Calderara Sottana on the northern slopes of Mount Etna.
• This...
375ml - Case of 12
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Charming wine with a very intense amber color; the alcoholic component enhances a wide and complex aroma with...
500ml
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This is a beautiful passito di pantelleria with sultanas, coffee, toffee and caramel. Full-bodied and very sweet, yet...
Baco Noir Dessert Wine Mavrodaphne Mencia
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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