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COLOR: Intense red colour with garnet hints. NOSE: On the nose it displays fruity notes of blackberry and black...
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This 100% Negroamaro has red fruits aromas, with light spicy note. Medium-bodied, smooth with soft tannins; well...
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Wine with a very strong impact. Pleasant nose concentration of different aromas, from ripe red fruits to spicy, with...
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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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100% Negroamaro. Perrini's Negroamarro comes from estate vines averaging 30-35 years old, with some getting up to 60...
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Color: Deep red colour with purple edges.
Nose: Intense perfume of tar, liquorice and red berries.
Palate: Fruity and...
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• 100% Nerello Mascalese from the contrada of Calderara Sottana on the northern slopes of Mount Etna.
• This...
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Color: Ruby red with garnet red shimmers.
Flavors: Spices, roasted coffee, ripe red fruits, with balanced tannin....
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Color: Ruby red.
Taste: Dry, harmonious, slightly bitter aftertaste, velvety, gently tannic.
Pairing: First and main...
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With ripe dark fruit and healthy acidity, it's perfect with a Porterhouse.
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The color is pale ruby with light tints of garnet. The nose is fine, ethereal, floral, intense, spicy, delicate with...
Mavrodaphne Negroamaro Mencia 750ml
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
What is Retsina?
One of the key grapes of the ever-growing Puglia wine industry is the Negroamaro, a native grape of this southern Italian region, famed for its deep, bloody red color and excellent set of flavors Indeed, many of the finest and most highly esteemed full bodied red wines of Puglia are made using the Negroamaro varietal grape, and it is grown most notably in the Salento area of the region, where it makes several types of red wine enjoyed locally and sold overseas. The name 'Negroamaro' means 'black-bitter', giving some clue as to one of the key features of the grape. Wines made with Negroamaro do indeed hold quite a lot of earthy bitterness, but generally are celebrated for their 'rustic' taste and extremely aromatic qualities.