Do we ship to you?.
750ml
Bottle:
$25.08
$26.40
89-91 The 2022 Vermentino The Bench is a rich, explosive white with plenty of California sunshine. Effusive floral...
750ml
Bottle:
$19.38
$20.40
12 bottles:
$16.63
It is a Vermentino di Bolgheri, which is vinified in purity. Its name expresses the link between this Mediterranean...
750ml
Bottle:
$22.94
$25.49
12 bottles:
$21.55
Mongrana Bianco brings to the glass the fragrance of the summer air: warm and tangy aromas of fresh fruit, the scent...
750ml
Bottle:
$26.40
12 bottles:
$25.87
• Blend of fruit from Las Brisas, Pigasus, and Reeve Estate blocks, sites that span from Carneros to Sonoma...
750ml
Bottle:
$17.91
12 bottles:
$16.24
Fresh pears, green apples and hints of stones and jasmine to the nose. This is a medium-bodied and textured...
750ml
Bottle:
$20.94
12 bottles:
$20.52
Fresh aromas of lemongrass, citrus, pear and apple pith. Round and supple on the palate with a medium body and fresh,...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$23.01
Presents minerally chalk and salt notes that underscore ripe green apple, pink grapefruit granita and baked pineapple...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$12.48
A dainty vermentino, offering nicely perfumed, floral notes to the core of lemon zest and peel. Medium-bodied,...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$13.87
Pale straw color. Aromatic with tropical fruit, pear, apple and floral notes. The round palate offers fresh citrus...
750ml
Bottle:
$27.95
12 bottles:
$27.39
This is a first release from Sandra and it is almost hard to believe that the wine turned out so beautiful (let’s...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$19.50
Beautiful pale yellow with greenish reflections. Fresh and vibrant on the nose, with floral and tropical notes on the...
750ml
Bottle:
$22.39
6 bottles:
$21.94
Branu comes from the Spanish word Verano that was incorporated into the Sardinian language to mean Spring. As the...
750ml
Bottle:
$16.94
12 bottles:
$16.60
Gallura, a land of granite rocks and mistral winds on the northern end of the island of Sardinia, is home to some of...
750ml
Bottle:
$19.90
From the bright straw yellow colour with greenish undertones, the aroma stands out with mineral notes, citrus, yellow...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$32.00
Color: Golden yellow.
Smell: On the nose it opens with light reductive notes that make by prologue, after a few...
Grenache Mavrodaphne Mencia Vermentino
The Grenache grape holds the honor of being the most widely planted wine grape varietal on earth. It has a long and impressive history, and has been the backbone of the some of the planet’s most respected and famed wine regions, blended with Syrah in regions such as Chateauneuf du Pape, and in certain other Loire and Languedoc regions where it reigns supreme as a single varietal wine grape. In other key areas, such as Spain’s La Rioja (where it is known as Garnacha Tinta), it is blended with Tempranillo to make that country’s signature red wine, and is widely used as a blending grape in other old and new world countries, due to its unique character and jammy, fruit forward character.
For a long time, the Grenache grape was somewhat looked down upon as an ignoble varietal, incapable of producing wines of any particular interest. However, times are very much changing - in the right hands, Grenache grapes result in astonishingly intense and complex wines, full of fascinating features, and capable of achieving plenty of expression. For a while now, Grenache has been a major player in Australian wines. While not yet quite as extensively planted down under as Shiraz is, the Barossa Valley is bringing out some of the finest examples of this grape’s wines in recent years.
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 Vermintino grape varietal has been grown in northern Italy for centuries, but is perhaps most closely associated with the island of Corsica, where it is the most widely planted grape varietal and is one of the key flagship grapes on the island. Thought to have originated in Spain, the Vermentino grape quickly spread to other countries, and is now found in many parts of Mediterranean Europe and the New World. The grape itself is prized by wineries due to the crispness of its acids, and the wide bouquet of refreshing flavors it carries. Most commonly, Vermentino is known for holding flavors of green apple and lime, and for having a relatively light body with a low alcohol content. As such, it makes a perfect match for a wide range of foods, and is particularly popular when paired with shellfish.