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COLOR: Light straw gold
NOSE: Notes of mature fruit and flowers with hints of pear, apricot, citrus, toasted...
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COLOR: Straw yellow color with golden reflections.
NOSE: Complex and elegant with notes of mature fruit such as pears...
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In keeping with a tribute to the local land, the process that goes into making Arthemis Fiano is noninvasive and...
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Change is sweeping through South Australia’s vast Riverland region, with many vineyard owners embracing an array of...
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• A blend of 60% Nero d’Avola with 40% Frappato from 10 to 25 year old vines.
• Spontaneous fermentation occurs...
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Intense ruby red color with aromas of cherry and raspberry, and a nicely balanced spicy background. Full, warm, and...
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Color: Beautiful bright yellow with soft green highlights.
Nose: A wine with a surprisingly fine and elegant nose...
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Color: Beautiful bright straw yellow.
Nose: Ample and generous impact. Tasting notes and pairings.
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Fiano Moschofilero Nero D'avola Mencia
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
Greek Wines
Ancient Greek Wines – A Brief History of Wine in Greece
The Myth of Dionysus, Greek God of Wine
What is Retsina?
Italy’s largest island, Sicily, has a wine producing history that can put most other European regions to shame. It was producing quality wines before the days of the Roman empire, and even the Ancient Greeks were not the first to cultivate vines on the island. For as long as anyone knows, the key grape varietal of Sicily has been Nero d’Avola, the beautiful, deep blue skinned grape which produces the region’s characterful, powerful red wines. While in the past, Nero d’Avola was mainly used as a blending grape, due to its deep color and intensely full body, it is today being increasingly celebrated as a single varietal wine grape, and is perfect for those who like their wines boisterous, loud and strong.
Nero d’Avola is grown pretty much everywhere on Sicily, as demand for wines made from this grape have never been higher. Despite its power and body, it is quite a versatile grape - it can be aged in oak barrels, which produces a dense and dark wine which puts its intense characteristics to good use, but it is also often drunk quite young, which allows its jammy, plummy character to come forward. It is also used to make rose wines in some appellations of Sicily, demonstrating a softer side to this otherwise heavy, deeply flavorful grape.