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The acidity of the Riesling grape keeps this sweet dessert wine in balance with notes of honey and caramel.
750ml
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This Islay single malt was finished in Sherry casks, delivering a ruddy hue and brisk, smoky scent with a hint of sea...
750ml
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Gorgeous auburn/henna color. The aroma is chockfull of toasted, roasted grain elements plus hallmark sherry cask...
750ml
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Lovely, light-catching golden straw color bedazzles the viewer. The aromatics build with aeration as the first scents...
750ml
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Showcasing the permanence of our commitment to barley provenance, this Bruichladdich Islay Barley 2013 is our eighth...
750ml
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The nose is pleasantly alluring with notes of toasted barley, baking spice, and buckwheat. The palate has a pleasant...
700ml
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A nose of herbs, dark chocolate, jamón ibérico, and star anise is joined on the palate by cigar box, rancio, dates,...
750ml
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Robust and smoky, fruity aromas of dried red berries, saddle leather, and tobacco peak through. The silken texture...
750ml
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(Excellent, Highly Recommended) - 2011 Ultimate Spirits Challenge
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Excellent, Highly Recommended - 2020 ULTIMATE SPIRITS CHALLENGE
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Many dried and dusty aromas here with tobacco, leather, and eucalyptus cropping up from the bottom of the glass....
700ml
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700ml
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750ml
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90-95 A seductive brininess and waves of oily peat-reek greet the olfactory sense. The palate entry finds a...
700ml
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Time, and the distiller’s skills have worked their magic. Three ingredients - water, malted barley, and yeast -...
Ice Wine Mavrodaphne Single Malt Scotch
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
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