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• 100% Vernaccia fermented with indigenous yeasts.
• Only a brief skin contact during the fermentation.
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Color: Delicate straw yellow tending to a warm golden colour with ageing.
Nose: Characteristic bouquet, elegant and...
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• 100% Vernaccia from 35+ year old vines.
• 100-300 mt above the sea level.
• Hand-harvested fruit.
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• 100% Mavrodaphne.
• Low yielding vines from loamy clay soils.
• Fermented and aged in stainless steel.
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Deep purple color with crimson highlights. Elegant floral nose with peony and violet flowers along with the typical...
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Complex bouquet featuring floral, citrus, tropical and mineral notes
Taste: of full structure, mineral, fresh and...
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A sleek white, with dominant almond, honey and sage flavors, revealing a touch of baking spices. Balanced and...
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The true Vernaccia. The free run juice goes directly to the vats and, after fermentation, refines on the lees for a...
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We are back to the old way of Vernaccia, which was vinified like a red. In the past you had to wait to drink it after...
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Light straw yellow in color. Deep and delicate bouquet with scents of fresh fruits and white wild flowers. Pleasant...
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The nose starts savory, with notes of spices and herbs, then brightens into a burst of citrus, before softening into...
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100% Vernaccia di San Gimignano. Balanced, with elegant tones, this wine has fruited and mineral notes typical of...
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100% Vernaccia di San Gimignano. Toscolo Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG is luminous, straw yellow, with a delicate...
Mavrodaphne Vernaccia
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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