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$82.93
$90.00
The NV Tradicion Amontillado VORS, certainly has the more complex and subtle nose of all these VORS and is on average...
750ml
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$107.94
This young bodega keeps to its name by releasing Sherries of classic maturity. Extraordinarily complex aromas,...
750ml
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$84.00
Supremely thick, with a syrupy feel to the buckwheat, toasted brown bread, warm date and molten chocolate notes. Not...
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$21.00
$24.00
The NV Contrabandista is a blend of the style called medium dry that is usually a very commercial category of cheap...
750ml
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$23.04
$25.60
I could have chosen Valdespino’s outstanding Inocente Fino with its consistent excellence. Instead I have chosen...
500ml
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$163.94
The NV Amontillado Coliseo VORS, is an extremely old (much older than the 30 years certified by the VORS...
750ml
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$20.80
The rum raisin, date and burnt orange peel notes are nicely melded, with fruitcake and licorice root accents, all...
500ml
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$40.25
$42.00
Anise, date, orange bitters and toffee notes are nicely melded together, with a slightly sweet edge that carries the...
375ml
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$13.44
$15.00
As with many other wines from the José Estévez group, there is a special bottling of Valdespino's flagship NV Fino...
750ml
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$23.04
$25.60
As with many other wines from the José Estévez group, there is a special bottling of Valdespino's flagship NV Fino...
375ml
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$11.94
$13.00
About five to six years old, from La Guita bodega. Bright astringency and vivid intensity, with a long, refreshing...
500ml
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$44.94
The NV Don Gonzalo Oloroso 20 Anos VOS, produced with Palomino grapes from the Carrascal vineyards, is fermented in...
500ml
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$38.94
$42.00
The NV Palo Cortado Viejo C.P. produced from Palomino from the Macharnudo Alto is feed with specific casks of Fino...
375ml
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$14.94
$15.84
Offers layers of macerated date, ganache, warm caraway, buckwheat honey and chocolate-covered orange peel notes, with...
750ml
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$25.92
$28.80
Offers layers of macerated date, ganache, warm caraway, buckwheat honey and chocolate-covered orange peel notes, with...
1.0Ltr - Case of 12
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$17.42
Oxidative notes of dry fruits, freshly split wood, and nuts are dry and savory aromas. A touch of date syrup...
750ml
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$13.99
Oxidative notes of dry fruits, freshly split wood, and nuts are dry and savory aromas. A touch of date syrup...
750ml - Case of 6
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$23.40
Bright and pure, with a floral edge amid the mix of lemon peel, salted butter and straw notes. The long finish offers...
375ml - Case of 6
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$97.01
At the end of 2010, when Equipo Navazos' adventure turned five years old, we were lucky that our friends at Pérez...
White Rhone Blends Mavrodaphne Sherry
Viognier, an exotic, elusive varietal, originally comes from the Northern Rhone Valley of France, and has captured the fascination of the U.S. wine-drinking public. At its finest, it is full-bodied and nearly golden in color, with a haunting bouquet of peaches, apricots and pears, and a floral quality like no other wine in the world. Many vintners are trying their hand at this varietal, spreading from its American beginnings in Napa Valley and Santa Barbara County to wineries as far away as Virginia. Marsanne and Rousanne, two other important varieties from the Rhone Valley are making waves in the U.S., particularly on the Central Coast of California.
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?
Sherry is made in a unique way using the solera system, which blends fractional shares of young wine from oak barrels with older, more mature wines. Sherry has no vintage date because it is blended from a variety of years. Rare, old sherries can contain wine that dates back 25 to 50 years or more, the date the solera was begun. If a bottle has a date on it, it probably refers to the date the company was founded.
Most sherries begin with the Palomino grape, which enjoys a generally mild climate in and around the triad of towns known as the "Sherry Triangle" and grows in white, limestone and clay soils that look like beach sand. The Pedro Ximenez type of sweet sherry comes from the Pedro Ximenez grape.
Sherry is a "fortified" wine, which means that distilled, neutral spirits are used to fortify the sherry. The added liquor means that the final sherry will be 16 to 20 percent alcohol (higher than table wines) and that it will have a longer shelf life than table wines.