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Very thick and expressive with golden raisin and molasses notes, followed by peach jam, mineral and spice flavors....
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Golden amber, brilliant color. It’s aroma hints at honey, toasted almond and vanilla. Sweet and rich taste,...
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A most appealing example of Italy’s most famous dessert wine, displaying molasses and toffee aromas, honey and...
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This fortified dessert wine is made in a combination of both Chinato and Marsala wines. The base wine is Tannat...
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750ml
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This luscious dessert wine's deep, dark berry flavors mingle with sweet grape aromas. Bold with a velvety smooth...
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The lovely result of a long wait. Bright colour with intense golden reflections, balanced bouquet with scents of...
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Brilliant amber in color, this wine offers seductive, layered aromas of roasted nuts, dried apricots, dates, toffee,...
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COLOR: Gold color with copper notes NOSE: Rich, concentrated nose with notes of orange peel, acacia honey and...
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This French dessert wine is from the beautiful Dordogne Valley. Aromas of apricots, melon and honeysuckle; smooth...
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Pale to golden yellow. The heady intensity of wild flowers and fresh fruits (peach, plum, citrus, honey) abound in...
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Tasted at the Disznóko vertical in London, the 2013 Tokaji Aszu 5 Puttonyos is an (Aszú) blend of 75% Furmint, 15%...
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This golden-colored Tokaji has aromas of raw honey, apricot blossom, pear and baked apple tart. Silky smooth upon...
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This 2009 Eszencia is the oldest and darkest in color in comparison to the other vintages in the vertical line up. It...
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The 2021 Tokaji 1413 Édes Szamorodni is 90% fermented in stainless steel and 10% in used barrels for 12 months. It...
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This sweet wine aged in an airtight environment protected from antioxidants retains all of its fruit and balance...
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• Softness of the botrytis balanced by the acidity of the Chenin and the tartness of the schist terroir • Pure...
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Dessert Wine Mavrodaphne

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?