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The freshness and and delicate aromas of the wine make it a perfect partner with grilled fish and white meats,...
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The freshness and and delicate aromas of the wine make it a perfect partner with grilled fish and white meats,...
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• Certified Organic.
• 100% Chenin Blanc.
• From a 0.25 ha parcel in the village of Brézé.
• Clay and...
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• Certified Organic.
• 100% Chenin Blanc.
• From a 1.16 ha parcel.
• Clay and limestone terroir.
• A sunny...
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Color: Bright with golden highlights.
Nose: Complex and aromatic with summer stone fruits and dried apricots...
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Rich, with waxy plum, glazed mango and baked apple tart flavors. Thick and nearly unctuous, with the generous profile...
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100% Chenin Blanc. Prémices is Bellivière's opening Chenin Blanc, a Jasnières which was originally made from fruit...
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• Certified organic. • 100% Chenin Blanc. • From sites in Clos de Mosny and Clos Michet. • 40-60+ year old...
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• Certified organic.
• 100% Chenin Blanc.
• 50 year old vines on average.
• Partial botrytis 10-20%.
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• Certified organic.
• From the former holdings of the late Stephane Cossais.
• 100% Chenin Blanc.
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• Certified organic.
• 100% Chenin Blanc.
• 40-60 year old vines.
• South exposure – top of the slope.
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• Certified organic.
• 100% Chenin Blanc.
• 70+ year old vines.
• Highest sites in the appellation – 200...
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• Certified organic.
• 100% Chenin Blanc.
• 40-50 year old vines.
• South exposure.
• Sand clay soil with...
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Delivers a saline beam that cuts through bruised apple and pastry notes. Concentrated on the palate, with floral lift...
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• Certified organic.
• 100% Chenin Blanc.
• 1 ha in Noizay.
• One of the iconic vineyards in Vouvray
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The various shades of gold Quarts de Chaume displays throughout the course of its life are fascinating, telling, and...
Chenin Blanc Mavrodaphne Mencia
Originating in France yet now grown in many parts of the New World, Chenin Blanc is one of the most versatile and highly regarded white wine grape varietals on earth. These green skinned grapes hold a relatively high acid content, and as such can be used for making still white wines of exceptional quality, as well as superb sparkling wines (such as the Crémant wines of the Loire Valley) and extremely aromatic dessert wines. Their natural transparency means that they are a fine grape for expressing their terroir in the bottle, and winemakers often experiment with this varietal to coax unusual and intense flavors from the grapes, such as allowing the development of noble rot on the fruit in order to make sweet and viscous wines of a unique character.
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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