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COLOR: Ruby red color with purplish highlights.
NOSE: Hints of violets and cherries.
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The 2019 Valpolicella Superiore Classico Sant'Urbano is perfumed in the glass, as savory herbs, crushed rocks and...
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Plenty of spicy and meaty nuances to the dried red and black fruit on the nose, together with hints of walnut oil and...
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Dried red berries and plenty of oak spice here. Full- to medium-bodied with a good balance of fruit and oak, a solid...
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• Corvina, Rondinella and Corvinone.
• Sourced from the calcareous clay hills of the Villa Mosconi estate in...
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Color: Intense ruby red.
Nose: Intense and ethereal of great refinement and complexity, characteristic.
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Savory berries and dried blackberries on the nose, together with oranges, dark chocolate and dry earth. Full-bodied...
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This single vineyard Amarone, grown on limestone high in the hills of Valpolicella, represents the depth and beauty...
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The 2017 Valpolicella Classico Superiore De Buris is remarkably pretty, with a burst of crushed black cherries and...
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The Vecchio Marone is made of 80% Corvina and 20% Molinara, and is an exceptional value for a rich, smooth, black...
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Avresir comes from the oldest vines (18 yrs old) from the highest part of the hill around the villa, a mere 30m away...
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A blend of Corvina, Rondinella, Molinara, with less than 20% Merlot. Vine age ranges from 5-55 years old. The grapes...
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A co-harvest of Corvina, Rondinella, Molinara, and Sangiovese. This is the first year Lassuperiora (formerly known...
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Amarone releases an ethereal orange aura that highlights the glass with warm color best when left to breath and...
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Ruby red in color, this Amarone Riserva offers dense and smokey aromas of dark cherries, raisins, chocolate, and...
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This has walnut, black-cherry, dried-flower and citrus-peel aromas. Pollen and sweet fig notes on the palate. Dried...
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This 100% Corvina (the primary grape of the region) is an amazing study into the heart of the grape that calls...
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Corvina grapes are most commonly associated with the Veneto region of Italy, where they have been grown successfully for centuries, and are a vital component of the region's viticultural identity. The Corvina varietal is famed around the world for its inclusion in such fine wines as Amarone and Valpolicella, where it is blended with small quantities of other grape varietals to produce wines of exceptional character and balance. The grapes themselves have a naturally high level of acidity, which often results in an aftertaste of bitter almonds. However, this bitterness is quite a sought for feature of this varietal, as it balances beautifully with the sour cherry notes also associated with the grape. Corvina grapes have a wonderfully potential for aging, and this process mellows the bitterness and acids present in the fruit, resulting in soft, complex and highly admired wines.
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
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Ancient Greek Wines – A Brief History of Wine in Greece
The Myth of Dionysus, Greek God of Wine
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