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• Practicing Organic and Biodynamic.
• Pinot Noir and Old Vine Grenache.
• Whole bunch pressed on a delicate...
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The extraordinary Precious Twin Rosé 2023 is an elegant blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Charbono – a varietal you’ll...
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Bright pink salmon color with aromas of lychee, raspberry, and citrus. Fresh start with a full finish.
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This wine has a fleshy mouth with aromas of blackcurrant, pomegranate and blueberry followed by a pleasant freshness....
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Rosé de Chevalier is vivid and bright. As soon as the wine is opened aromas of red fruit such as cherry is revealed...
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From a 1.5-hectare vineyard planted around 30 years ago. The vines are traditionally pruned in alberello, in other...
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This vintage offers an incredibly lovely springtime freshness that is eminently drinkable. Light red berry notes,...
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Dense strawberry and melon fruit dives deep into a sunburst blast of energy on both the nose and pallet. Fresh herb...
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A fruity and flowery nose with notes of red berries, rose and sea breeze. Bright, crisp and refreshing on the palate...
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The salmon-hued 2023 Rosato is quite distinctive and complex, opening with an herbaceous nose of thyme, rosemary and...
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For every bottle of The Hidden Sea that we sell, we remove and recycle 10 plastic bottles from the ocean. PALATE: A...
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Corral-blush hue. Wild cherries and cherry stones on the nose with a baked and rustic feel to the grapefruit citrus....
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The color of ballerina slippers, this wine is fruity but not bombastically so, with freshness to the red berry...
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Packing up-front creamed peach and rose water flavors that are inviting and fresh, this well-meshed rose vibrates...
Mavrodaphne Nero D'avola Rose / Blush 12 Ship Free Items
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?
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.