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White
750ml
Bottle: $21.94 $24.00
Pale yellow more or less intense, sharp, dry taste, pleasantly harmonious, with the unmistakable scent of bitter almond.
Red
750ml
Bottle: $21.50
12 bottles: $21.07
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $65.94
The acidity of the Riesling grape keeps this sweet dessert wine in balance with notes of honey and caramel.
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $24.44
Deep crimson red in color with intense, lingering aromas of red berry fruit, cherry, myrtle and juniper. Elegant and...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $29.88
Color: Intense ruby red and covered up to the glass edge, with aubergine peel nuances. Perfume: Very fine and...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.25
12 bottles: $15.93
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $20.53
Straw yellow in color with notes of apricot, peach, and pear on the nose. The palate is smooth and mineral driven...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $17.94 $19.60
12 bottles: $16.36
Greco’s inherently higher acidity benefits a warm, lower acid year such as this. Red apple husk, pink grapefruit,...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $25.99 $28.88
12 bottles: $23.56
The 2021 Greco di Tufo is tonic and clean with citrus, white flower, crushed stone and playful hints of garden herb....
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White
750ml
Bottle: $33.90 $36.08
6 bottles: $33.22
This is fine greco. Salty, almond flecked, quinine bitter and savory, while segueing subtly into the stone fruit...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $36.94
Deep, brooding and fresh-toned, with blackberries, graphite and some blue fruit and violets. Quite a full body with...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $21.20
12 bottles: $20.78
• 100% Mavrodaphne. • Low yielding vines from loamy clay soils. • Fermented and aged in stainless steel.
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $35.75 $36.40
12 bottles: $35.04
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $23.94
Impressive Petit Verdot with ripe berry, violet and chocolate. Hints of green coffee. It's fully bodied, chewy and...
White
750ml
Bottle: $23.95
12 bottles: $23.47
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $95.15 $97.79
Amazing depth of colour and outstanding red berry flavours, particularly strawberry, lend this red Icewine to pair...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $70.99 $76.94
This is a glorious icewine where acidity and sugar are in perfect harmony. The candied orange peel, ginger, straw and...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $66.94 $74.20
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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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $15.94
Bright straw yellow with pale green notes. Shows with an intense, persistent aroma of ripe tropical fruit, pear,...
White
750ml
Bottle: $12.35
12 bottles: $12.10
Good greco with a curb of well-appointed oak framing spiced pear, quinine, quince and preserved Meyer lemon rind....
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Greco Bianco Ice Wine Mavrodaphne Petit Verdot

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?