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750ml
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$39.69
12 bottles:
$38.90
Aromas of currants, cedar and violets follow through to a medium body and fine tannins with a lovely, light velvety...
750ml
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$23.60
12 bottles:
$23.13
Deep, violet-ruby red in color, New York ICON Merlot is a fruity wine with notes of plums and blackberries. Intense,...
750ml - Case of 12
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$42.75
Warm and plush, with ample red fruit and classic spice aromas and flavors. Gentle notes of tobacco, clove, and black...
1.5Ltr
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$68.52
6 bottles:
$67.15
So vibrant for its age, this has so many herbal aromas it’s almost got a herb-liqueur nose! Very cool and elegant,...
750ml
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$31.52
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$30.89
So vibrant for its age, this has so many herbal aromas it’s almost got a herb-liqueur nose! Very cool and elegant,...
750ml - Case of 6
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$69.94
Saturated garnet. Deep, smoke- and spice-accented red and blue fruit qualities on the nose. Smooth and fleshy in...
750ml - Case of 12
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$36.80
Leuta 1,618 Merlot DOC Cortona comes from a vineyard cultivated in Cortona - Tuscany - IT -. The intrinsic...
1.5Ltr
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$118.93
$121.40
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$118.40
Beautiful cassis, chocolate, leafy herbs, and earth all emerge from the 2017 Pedestal, a ripe, sexy, opulent wine...
750ml
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$137.99
6 bottles:
$137.20
A red with focus and precision and beautifully ripe, polished tannins. It’s medium-to full-bodied with...
750ml
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$240.79
3 bottles:
$240.00
This has gorgeous aromas of walnuts, chocolate, spiced plums, licorice and grilled herbs. Rich and chewy with a full...
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Castello Di Ama Vigna L'apparita 2017
750ml - Case of 6
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$167.95
Intense and exotic on the nose with blackberry, blueberry, violet and walnut aromas that follow through to a full...
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Chateau Laroque Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2017
750ml - Case of 6
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$54.62
Composed of 99% Merlot and 1% Cabernet Franc, the 2017 Laroque sports a deep garnet-purple color and is redolent of...
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Duckhorn Merlot Three Palms 2017
750ml - Case of 6
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$155.13
Powerful, rich and complex, with a refined mix of currant, dark cherry and plum tart flavors backed by suave,...
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Le Macchiole Toscana Messorio 2017
750ml - Case of 6
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$159.95
This wine shows beautiful clarity and class on the nose with roses, tar, currants, green and black olives and plums....
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Le Macchiole Toscana Messorio 2017
750ml - Case of 3
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$176.25
This wine shows beautiful clarity and class on the nose with roses, tar, currants, green and black olives and plums....
Mavrodaphne Melon de Bourgogne Merlot 2017
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
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Ancient Greek Wines – A Brief History of Wine in Greece
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One of the more unusual French grape varietals, Melon de Bourgogne has been grown in and around the Loire Valley for several hundred years. In fact, this grape was first planted in the Loire region of Pays Nantais back in the mid 17th century, after a devastating frost decimated most of the red grapes which were typical in the area. The winemakers of Pays Nantais were keen to cultivate vines which were hardy, high yielding, and capable of surviving another such frost, and so turned their attention to Melon de Bourgogne for this very reason. The native home of the varietal is actually in Burgundy, where it is still grown to a lesser extent.
Because Melon de Bourgogne produces naturally heavy yields, the vintners of Pays Nantais go to great lengths to reduce the amount of fruit the vines bear. This allows the finest characteristics of the grape to come forward, and also opens up the opportunity for it to express the wonderful granite and schist soils in which the vines are grown. Melon de Bourgogne is a minerally white wine grape varietal, with a very subtle set of fruit flavors. It is prized for its freshness and brightness, and is seeing a revival in the twenty first century as an excellent wine for pairing with a wide range of foods.
With its dark blue colored fruits and high juice content, Merlot varietal grapes have long been a favorite of wine producers around the globe, with it being found in vineyards across Europe, the Americas and elsewhere in the New World. One of the distinguishing features of Merlot grapes is the fact that they have a relatively low tannin content and an exceptionally soft and fleshy character, meaning they are capable of producing incredibly rounded and mellow wines. This mellowness is balanced with plenty of flavor, however, and has made Merlot grapes the varietal of choice for softening other, more astringent and tannin-heavy wines, often resulting in truly exceptional produce. Merlot is regarded as one of the key 'Bordeaux' varietals for precisely this reason; when combined with the drier Cabernet Sauvignon, it is capable of blending beautifully to produce some of the finest wines available in the world.