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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$79.02
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Moulin Touchais Coteaux De Layon 1996
750ml - Case of 6
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$48.94
This estate, owned by the same family since 1787, has amazing stocks of old sweet wines maturing in its cellars. With...
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Moulin Touchais Coteaux De Layon 1997
750ml - Case of 6
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$61.78
Starting to take on a deep golden hue, the 1997 Moulin Touchais Coteaux du Layon is a sensuous sweet wine (92g/L of...
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Moulin Touchais Coteaux De Layon 1998
750ml - Case of 6
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$41.90
The 1998 Moulin Touchais Coteaux du Layon was made in a "classic year" with around 20% botrytis. There's rich...
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Mullineux Chenin Blanc Granite 2019
750ml - Case of 6
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$88.12
Chris and Andrea Mullineux established themselves in Swartland in 2007 and are now among South Africa’s most highly...
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Mullineux Chenin Blanc Quartz 2019
750ml - Case of 6
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$97.91
The 2019 Chenin Quartz was matured for 11 months in used oak. It conveys more terroir expression than the Granite...
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Sadie Family Mev. Kirsten 2018
750ml - Case of 6
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$236.81
The 2018 Mev. Kirsten has a seductive bouquet of dried honey, mirabelle, orange blossom and light fennel aromas. The...
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Sadie Family Skurfberg 2015
750ml - Case of 6
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$343.12
Straw-yellow. Sexy perfume of peach, orange blossom, flowers, nutmeg and nut oil, plus a suggestion of redcurrant....
Chenin Blanc Moschofilero Mencia Pre-Arrival
Originating in France yet now grown in many parts of the New World, Chenin Blanc is one of the most versatile and highly regarded white wine grape varietals on earth. These green skinned grapes hold a relatively high acid content, and as such can be used for making still white wines of exceptional quality, as well as superb sparkling wines (such as the Crémant wines of the Loire Valley) and extremely aromatic dessert wines. Their natural transparency means that they are a fine grape for expressing their terroir in the bottle, and winemakers often experiment with this varietal to coax unusual and intense flavors from the grapes, such as allowing the development of noble rot on the fruit in order to make sweet and viscous wines of a unique character.
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
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