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The acidity of the Riesling grape keeps this sweet dessert wine in balance with notes of honey and caramel.
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Pure grape aromas that remind me of fermenting must but then goes to stems and dried flowers. Full-bodied, medium...
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Made with wild blueberries which are small, concentrated and brimming with flavor. Blueberries are slowly fermented...
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Extremely complex aromas that show the classic Graham character of black-fruit marmalade and burnt oranges. Follows...
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Ripe and opulent plummy fruit on the nose, big and bold. Well extracted deep fruits on the palate framed by well...
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Amazing depth of colour and outstanding red berry flavours, particularly strawberry, lend this red Icewine to pair...
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This is a glorious icewine where acidity and sugar are in perfect harmony. The candied orange peel, ginger, straw and...
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The 2019 Gold Vidal Icewine was fermented and aged for about 14 weeks in 90% new French oak. It comes in with 272...
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This attractive full-bodied wine has an unctuous texture and crystallized lemon flavors. It is soft and perfumed with...
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A deep ruby colour, with a garnet rim. A classic bouquet, on which the liveliness of young fruit produces a delicate...
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An elegant style that light-footedly dances across the tongue. Subtle layers of flavour play across the senses. Much...
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Every year in the run-up to Christmas, Waitrose sells 10 wines at £10, and there's rarely a dud in the line-up. Bag...
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A very alluring style, with toasted sesame, salted caramel, golden raisin, singed cinnamon and sandalwood notes...
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Concentrated bouquet of nuts, caramel, tangy citrus fruit and plenty of spicy oak. Rich, complex and dry flavours of...
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This offers a dreamy mix of caramelized pear, fig and peach flavors at the core, while caramel, sesame oil and date...
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A savoury nose of salted nuts, with toasty notes, apricot jam and orange citrus. There's great intensity of flavour...
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Known for its seemingly unlimited stocks of aged tawnies and white Ports released in small quantities, this firm's...
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Harmonious nose with hazelnut and orange marmalade. Beautiful texture on the palate with lovely candied sweetness and...
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The NV 40 Year Old White Port was bottled in 2016 with a bar top cork and 109 grams per liter of residual sugar. The...
Ice Wine Mavrodaphne Port Blend 375ml
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?
Port wine is Portugal’s great gift to the world. Coming from the ancient harbour capital city of Porto and the surrounding Douro Valley region, Port wine has been made by Portuguese vintners for at least four hundred years, although viticulture has been continually happening in the area for well over two thousand years. Port is a fortified wine, meaning it is a wine which has been bolstered by the addition of grape brandy. Originally, this was used as a method of preservation, allowing the delicate Portuguese wines to survive the journey by sea to trading partners in the UK and France. However, the wonderful taste and unique character the fortification process lends to the wine soon became massively popular, and before long, this new wine style was a hit all across Europe.
Unlike some other fortified wines, Port is made by adding brandy before the wine itself has completed its fermentation. The result of this is that plenty of the grapes’ natural sweetness is maintained in the barrel, meaning it is exceptionally smooth and rounded on the palate. Port comes in many different styles - Tawny Port wines are prized for their richness and mellow character, Reserve and Late Bottled Ports are full of fruit flavor. Vintage Port is a complex, wonderful thing - capable of standing up to some of the finest wines in the world when it comes to depth of flavor and fascinating features.