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375ml
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$21.94
12 bottles:
$21.50
•90% Arneis blended with 10% aromatic varieties from Malvirà’s Trinità vineyard. •25-35 year old vines....
750ml
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$14.90
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$14.60
•100% Arneis cultivated organically.
•Sourced from the Rensio, Trinità, Saglietto, and Bordoni vineyards....
750ml
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$20.80
12 bottles:
$20.38
Tenuous straw-yellow color, at times with a pale old-gold tone. Fruity odor with clean scents of green hazelnuts and...
750ml
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$20.80
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Delivering an enticing mix of peach, passion fruit, mint and sage, this white is juicy, balanced and lingers nicely...
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$20.40
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$16.64
This wine has intense aromas of white flowers, mint and apricot. On the palate it is fresh and elegant, with a silky...
750ml
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$21.12
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$20.70
Sweet and very fresh, it is persistent, with a delicate, herbaceous scent with hints of fresh fruit and citrus.
750ml - Case of 12
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$16.85
Fresh and delicate aromas of chamomile, pear, and apricot. Medium bodied and dry with flavors of crisp yellow apple...
750ml
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$15.00
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$14.70
The intriguing aromatics of this wine have notes of gardenia, lemon verbena, white nectarine, roasted hazelnut and...
750ml
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$19.90
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$19.50
Straw-yellow colour with fresh floral, citrus and melon aromas, and notes of minerals and almonds. A dry,...
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Bruno Giacosa Roero Arneis 2020
750ml - Case of 6
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$47.12
The Giacosa family does a great job with its high-end wines and its entry-level products alike. The 2020 Roero Arneis...
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Bruno Giacosa Roero Arneis 2021
750ml - Case of 6
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$36.91
A richer and rounder-textured Arneis with medium to full body. Lemon and spicy pear. Some cooked apple, too. Really...
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Bruno Giacosa Roero Arneis 2022
750ml - Case of 6
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$38.15
Energetic and bright with sliced green apples, mangoes and citrus with some honeysuckle. It’s medium- to...
375ml - Case of 6
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$326.28
Arneis Ice Wine Mavrodaphne
The Arneis white wine grape varietal is a native fruit of the beautiful northern region of Piedmont, in Italy. Whilst it has had great success over recent decades in several New World countries, Arneis has been cultivated for centuries in northern Italy, where it is recognized as one of the most representative grapes of the region. Arneis has long been used as a blending grape, due to its highly aromatic character, but it is becoming more and more common to see single variety bottles made using this grape. At its best, Arneis produces beautifully full bodied white wines, packed full of orchard fruit and apricot flavors, with a fine crispness and acidic punch. However, it is a notoriously difficult grape to cultivate successfully, hence its name which translates as 'little rascal'.
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?