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Deep purple color with crimson highlights. Elegant floral nose with peony and violet flowers along with the typical...
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$27.95
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100% Diego, a variety endemic to Lanzarote and La Palma that is high-acid and mineral-driven. Fermented in stainless...
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$22.00
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100% tank-aged Malvasía Volcanica. Malvasía Volcanica is a grape that is truly indigenous to the Canary Islands, a...
750ml - Case of 12
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Luretta proposes an unusual version of Malvasia Aromatica di Candia: instead of light and sparkling, firm and...
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La Jefa is deep straw and gold in color. The aromatics are complex with ripe stone fruits, wild honey, seasoned wood,...
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Colour: Bright cherry tone with clear violet hues. Nose: An enticing aroma of red berries with spicy cinnamon and...
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100% Malvasía de Sitges planted in 1999 on rich alluvial soils. Grapes are hand harvested, lightly crushed and...
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The elegant, complex aromas greet you with garrigue, notes of red fruits, cardamom, oolong tea, tobacco, and black...
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The elegant, complex aromas greet you with garrigue, notes of red fruits, cardamom, oolong tea, tobacco, and black...
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COLOR: Concentrated straw yellow with green gold nuances.
NOSE: A floral nose interwoven with first-rate notes of...
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Hand-harvested from the certified biodynamic estate vineyard in the Vista Flores region of the Uco Valley. Notes of...
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$21.94
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Brilliant straw yellow with sparkling greenish highlights. Fresh and fragrant nose aromas of honeysuckle with fruity...
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• Petit Verdot Yarden Golan Heights Winery.
• Petit Verdot.
• Sourced from the central and northern Golan...
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Alpasion Petit Verdot Grand 2020
750ml - Case of 6
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Aged in French Bordeaux style barrels for 12 months. This varietal thrives in Argentina, especially in Uco Valley...
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Malvasia Mavrodaphne Mencia Petit Verdot
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
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