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Red
750ml
Bottle: $28.99
6 bottles: $28.42
It is a dark, garnet-red colored wine. It’s very expressive scented bouquet exhales the strong aromas of red and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $24.93 $27.20
Quite a savory expression with dark plums, dried blackberries and violets, as well as fine-ground, toasted...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.99
12 bottles: $18.61
Red
750ml
Bottle: $64.80
Not yet bottled, the 2017 Cornas has a rich, powerful, chewy style as well as notes of blackberries, blueberries,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $298.95
Rated 97-100 - A barrel sample that just about made my eyes roll back in my head, the 2019 Ermitage Ex Voto has...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $66.34
In a completely different style to the 2016s, the 2017 Hermitage comes from a ripe, sexy vintage for Hermitage. Aged...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $50.93
12 bottles: $49.91
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $194.80 $199.39
Kaleidoscopic, this glorious vintage is terroir translucent, transporting you to the vineyard with its signature...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $150.95
6 bottles: $147.93
The epitome of elegance with its sheen of silky, pure red fruits and lissome acidity, in 2017 this Eden Valley Shiraz...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $61.89
#71 TOP 100 CELLAR SELECTIONS 2020. Thanks in part to the relatively cool year, this is a wine that manages...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $124.60
Appropriate to this wine's name, a vein of singed earth trails from nose to finish, mingling into delicate notes of...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $25.01
This blend of roughly equal parts Grenache and Syrah offers ripe but restrained blackberry and plum flavors accented...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $279.94 $293.20
Such incredible perfume and florality from this standout Shiraz, so expressive and captivating, filled with roses and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.90 $19.99
12 bottles: $18.24
Raspberries and cherries abound on the nose of the 2017 Lodge Hill Shiraz. It's medium-bodied, built around a core of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $97.94
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $241.24
6 bottles: $236.42
From a rocky, mica-schist lieu-dit that's only recently been showing up on single-vineyard wines, Chapoutier's 2017...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $394.95 $431.20
The inky colored 2017 Ermitage Le Pavillon comes from the biggest, baddest part of Hermitage and was brought up all...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $43.20
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $62.90 $64.00
The 2017 Syrah Rodgers Creek Vineyard is in a fine spot for drinking now and over the next few years. Blue-toned...
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Aidani Ice Wine Syrah 2017

One of the most ancient of the Greek grape varietals, Aidani has been cultivated on and around the Cyclades for millennia for its versatility and gently pleasing aromatic qualities. Wines made primarily with Aidani grapes tend to have a milder alcohol content than other classic Greek wines, and relatively low acidity. This makes Aidani wines a perfectly pleasant accompaniment to a wide range of traditional Greek foods, and equally pleasant to drink chilled at any time under the Greek sun. Nowadays, Aidani grapes are mostly likely to used as a blending grape, often being mixed with Assyrtiko grapes to balance out and mellow the acidity and high alcohol content found in them.

As a blending grape, the Aidani offers light, delicate floral tones, often reminiscent of a Muscat. On the island of Naxos, it has been traditionally blended with the Athiri grape to produce the island's signature sweet wine, Apiranthos, where the subtleties of the Aidani grape are really allowed to shine through. However, elsewhere in Greece you are far more likely to find the blend of these two distinctive grapes in dry white wines, where the Aidani is used primarily not for its flavor, but for its aroma and mellowing effect.

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?

Known as Syrah in most countries around the world, and Shiraz in Australia and certain other regions of the New World, this grape varietal has proven over the centuries to be one of the most powerful and flavorful red wine grapes there is. It is now one of the planet's most widely grown grapes, and is a favorite with wineries as a result of its robustness and versatility. It isn't easy to identify many characteristics of this particular varietal, due to the fact that it is highly versatile and shows significant differences in flavor and character depending on the terroir it is grown in, and the climatic conditions of the region. However, Syrah is most widely associated with full bodied, strong and loud red wines, packed full of fruity and spicy flavors, held in a beautifully deep red liquid.