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This classic Côtes du Rhône shows a beautiful pomegranate color. The taste is soft and spicy, with a smooth...
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A fruity Cotes-du-Rhone with raspberries, cherries and sweet spices. Medium body with velvety tannins. Supple and...
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It is a garnet-red colored wine with a blue hue. Its scent of ripe fruit is dominated by black currants underlined...
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Bramble and red plum notes are fresh and round in this medium-bodied red, with accents of garrigue, mineral and anise...
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Piquant hits of shaved peppercorn and clove lend warmth to rich, glossy black plum and mulberry in this penetrating...
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The 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape Grand Vin showed consistently (this is the third time I’ve tasted this from barrel),...
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Delivers a nice saturated feel without being heavy, letting cherry and plum paste notes unfurl slowly, along with...
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Raspberry, violet, licorice, peony, black pepper and gingerbread. Greatly textured with prominent saltiness and...
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Raspberry, violet, licorice, peony, black pepper and gingerbread. Greatly textured with prominent saltiness and...
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Rich and warm in style, with a velvety flow to the mix of violet, plum paste, black currant compote and licorice root...
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Moving to the single vineyard releases, the 2020 Vinsobres Guerin comes from lower down on the hillside and more...
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Winey and muscular, with cassis and bitter plum reduction notes leading the way, while baker's chocolate, tobacco and...
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Lastly, the 2020 Vinsobres Les Côtes has an almost Côte Rôtie-like vibe in its black raspberry, spring flower,...
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Rich and well-built, this offers up a serious dark core of black currant and plum reduction flavors supported by...
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My favorite in the lineup (although these are all brilliant) is the 2020 Vinsobres Rouanne Et Les Crottes, which...
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Delivering a generous cascade of attractive ripe fig and cherry pie flavors, this red is grounded by serious cast...
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Châteauneuf-du-Pape is famously the strongest, most powerful, and longest-lived wine of the southern Rhône. Louis...
Mavrodaphne Red Rhone Blend Trebbiano
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 Trebbiano varietal grape is a white wine grape originally from Italy, but which has been successfully planted and cultivated in several European countries, as well as in many parts of the New World. Although it is widely grown around the world, it remains relatively unknown to wine drinkers, perhaps because it has mostly been used traditionally as a blending varietal, and for the production of fortified wines. However, it is used very well in parts of Tuscany and elsewhere in Italy for single variety wines, where it is prized for its elegant character and beautiful citrus flavors, alongside floral aromas and a great expression of terroir. As such, Trebbiano wines often hold interesting mineral notes, making them fascinating and complex white wines perfect for matching with a wide range of foods.