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A sleek and fine Barolo with a pretty nose of watermelon, orange slices, cranberries and crushed stones. Medium- to...
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The 2020 harvest for Ceretta was finished quite late on 13 October. Notes of wild strawberry and cinnamon are...
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Luigi and Lorenzo Scavino prolong the maceration for up to 60 days, and ageing in botti for 30 months. This Margheria...
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This is a focused and mineral Barolo that shows sandalwood and nutmeg notes alongside orange rind, wet stones and...
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I have not tasted this Riserva since the 2007 vintage, so it's a great delight to sample the Azelia 2013 Barolo...
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Fermented with its indigenous yeast and macerated for 40 days with a submerged cap, then aged in large oak casks for...
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This is an open and delicious Barolo that shows nutmeg, dried flower, tar, red plum and cherry fruit aromas....
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True, pure Nebbiolo. Violet and floral aromas, with refreshing touches of cherry, strawberry and currant. Zesty...
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A classic Barolo with power and finesse. Black currant bound up in rich tannins with promising leather and tobacco...
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Vivid red berries with floral freshness. Notes of red spices and lilac with hints of sandalwood. Firm and a little...
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Crushed berry, bark and mushroom aromas follow through to a full body with juicy tannins and a long and flavorful...
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Some grilled meat with some flowers and berry aromas that follow through to a full body with velvety tannins and a...
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This shows aromas of dried red berries, ground spices, dried rose hips and dried rosemary. Medium-bodied, fresh and...
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From a 0.6-hectare parcel in Monforte (Perno), planted in 1998 with western exposure at 390m above sea level. The...
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This is beautifully perfumed and balanced with ever so polished tannins. Full-bodied, integrated and long. Love the...
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A more forward style of Brunate with dark berry as well as orange peel and rose petal. Medium body, firm and silky,...
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An elegant, intense red, with mint and underbrush flavors augmenting the cherry and strawberry fruit. Reveals mineral...
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A silky and very polished Barolo with cedar and floral character, as well as plenty of strawberries. Medium body and...
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Ripe red cherries and blood oranges, as well as herbs and roses on the nose, leading to a juicy and flavorful palate...
Cortese Mavrodaphne Nebbiolo Mencia
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.
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?
The Nebbiolo grape varietal is widely understood to be the fruit responsible for Italy's finest aged wines. However, its popularity and reliability as a grape which gives out outstanding flavors and aromas has led it to be planted in many countries around the world, with much success. These purple grapes are distinguishable by the fact that they take on a milky dust as they begin to reach maturity, leading many to claim that this is the reason for their unusual name, which means 'fog' in Italian. Nebbiolo grapes produce wines which have a wide range of beautiful and fascinating flavors, the most common of which are rich, dark and complex, such as violet, truffle, tobacco and prunes. They are generally aged for many years to balance out their characteristics, as their natural tannin levels tend to be very high.