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![Aeris [By Rhys] Nebbiolo 'Centennial Mountain' 2019 750ml](https://www.saratogawine.com/files/images/cached_thumbs/d4/d4180ece6a416f3caebb31584f0eeba0.jpg)
750ml
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$75.60
12 bottles:
$71.82
The 2019 Nebbiolo Centennial Mountain Vineyard is a wild, powerful wine endowed with tons of structure and...
5.0Ltr
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$21.48
$22.61
4 bottles:
$19.61
Aromas of tropical fruit and lemon zest. Crisp, refreshing and full-flavored. Flavors of peach, pear and rich mineral...
750ml
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$25.93
12 bottles:
$25.41
The 2022 White Wine Helluva Vineyard is a blend of Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir and Gewurztraminer. The nose features...
750ml
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$13.58
$14.30
12 bottles:
$11.40
Apothic White is an approachable blend that combines Chardonnay, Riesling and Moscato to create a luscious, vibrant...
750ml
Bottle:
$78.95
12 bottles:
$77.37
Arietta's white wine, the 2021 On The White Keys, is a blend of 87% Sauvignon Blanc from Sonoma Mountain and 13%...
750ml
Bottle:
$41.93
12 bottles:
$41.09
Ashes & Diamonds Blanc is a fully ripe and textured, yet bright, zesty and supremely age-worthy blend of Sauvignon...
750ml
Bottle:
$18.85
$20.00
A refreshing, dry, blended white with citrus lemon/lime notes, flinty minerality, and crisp finish.
750ml
Bottle:
$32.89
12 bottles:
$32.23
This Burgundian-minded blend of 50% Pinot Gris, 45% Pinot Blanc and 5% Aligote is exciting to try each vintage. This...
![Big Salt [Ovum] White Blend 2023 750ml](https://www.saratogawine.com/files/images/cached_thumbs/b6/b6c224f06ee7a16f23ee2c3cb2ef1e1e.jpg){kind=small}
750ml
Bottle:
$15.85
$17.50
• Practicing Organic/Sustainable.
• Sourced from 10 vineyards throughout Oregon.
• Soils: Volcanic ash, basalt,...
750ml
Bottle:
$19.20
12 bottles:
$17.10
Rounded aromas of pear, bright citrus and jasmine make for a floral nose on this bottling. The palate dries up very...
750ml
Bottle:
$21.95
12 bottles:
$21.51
Following in the tradition of Alsace, this Edelzwicker bottling is a blend of Riesling, Gewurztraminer, and Finger...
750ml
Bottle:
$19.93
$21.59
12 bottles:
$19.76
The Result is a wine that is both fresh and rich, a rare combination that appeals to all the parts of the palate. The...
750ml
Bottle:
$14.94
12 bottles:
$14.64
Le Cigare Blanc is inspired by several of the luxes cuvees of Chateauneuf-du-Pape Blanc dominated by roussanne, which...
750ml
Bottle:
$13.84
$15.00
Grenache Blanc and Grenache Gris fruit, picked separately at low brix. Destemmed into rotary fermenters for 4-5 days...
750ml
Bottle:
$22.40
12 bottles:
$21.95
With this vintage of the orange wine, we wanted to bring in additional layers of complexity and to experiment with...
750ml
Bottle:
$25.95
$28.08
12 bottles:
$21.28
This is aromatic upfront, with orange blossom, white pepper accents and a mouthwatering, intense core of Meyer lemon...
1.5Ltr
Bottle:
$25.65
$27.00
6 bottles:
$17.50
May Wine, made by combining fresh flowers of woodruff, strawberries and young wine, has been used to celebrate the...
750ml
Bottle:
$15.41
12 bottles:
$11.52
May Wine, made by combining fresh flowers of woodruff, strawberries and young wine, has been used to celebrate the...
750ml
Bottle:
$11.11
$11.70
12 bottles:
$8.55
This is a pale yellow wine with a green hue. An elegant, young wine that reveals delicate and fruity aromas blended...
1.5Ltr
Bottle:
$25.80
$27.16
6 bottles:
$16.66
This semi-dry white is refreshing with fruity aromas and hints of peach and green apple, yielding to a crisp, clean...
Insolia Mavrodaphne Nebbiolo White Blend United States
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 Nebbiolo grape varietal is widely understood to be the fruit responsible for Italy's finest aged wines. However, its popularity and reliability as a grape which gives out outstanding flavors and aromas has led it to be planted in many countries around the world, with much success. These purple grapes are distinguishable by the fact that they take on a milky dust as they begin to reach maturity, leading many to claim that this is the reason for their unusual name, which means 'fog' in Italian. Nebbiolo grapes produce wines which have a wide range of beautiful and fascinating flavors, the most common of which are rich, dark and complex, such as violet, truffle, tobacco and prunes. They are generally aged for many years to balance out their characteristics, as their natural tannin levels tend to be very high.
Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.