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750ml - Case of 6
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$79.94
This blend includes 50 percent pinot noir, 10 percent meunier and 40 percent chardonnay, aged seven years on the...
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Intense aromas of candied citrus, grapefruit juice and lemon peel. Incredibly youthful for its age, with a chalky...
750ml
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$132.23
Features hints of white blossoms and truffle that serve as aromatic accents for the flavors of macerated raspberry...
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
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$354.98
This is a laser-guided Champagne with fabulous energy and intensity with a tight palate, racy acidity and super fine...
750ml - Case of 6
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$124.95
This is a laser-guided Champagne with fabulous energy and intensity with a tight palate, racy acidity and super fine...
750ml - Case of 3
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$542.62
750ml - Case of 6
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$262.18
Aromas of red berries, orange rind, dried flowers, warm brioche and spices introduce the 2007 Brut Rosé Cuvée...
750ml - Case of 6
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$159.43
The velvety texture of this finely knit Champagne ripples on your palate, highlighting flavors of ginger-infused...
750ml - 1 Bottle
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This blanc de noirs is produced with Pinot Noir from two tiny plots of ungrafted vines in grand cru Aÿ that were...
750ml - Case of 3
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$1424.54
This blanc de noirs is produced with Pinot Noir from two tiny plots of ungrafted vines in grand cru Aÿ that were...
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Bollinger Champagne La Grande Annee 2007
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
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$280.95
I loved the 2007 La Grande Année, which is based on 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay. Over 90% of this cuvée was...
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Bollinger Champagne La Grande Annee Rose 2007
750ml - Case of 6
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$171.95
An enticingly rewarding nose of apricot, flint and toast leads to a palate that's just as good and even more...
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Bollinger Champagne R.D. Extra Brut 2007
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
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$426.94
This has such clarity and freshness with minerality to the bread-dough and praline aromas. Full-bodied, very tight...
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Bollinger Champagne R.D. Extra Brut 2007
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
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This has such clarity and freshness with minerality to the bread-dough and praline aromas. Full-bodied, very tight...
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Bollinger Champagne R.D. Extra Brut 2007
750ml - Case of 3
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$214.67
This has such clarity and freshness with minerality to the bread-dough and praline aromas. Full-bodied, very tight...
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Bollinger Champagne R.D. Extra Brut 2007
750ml - Case of 6
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$178.95
This has such clarity and freshness with minerality to the bread-dough and praline aromas. Full-bodied, very tight...
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Champagne Ayala Brut N°7 2007
750ml - Case of 6
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$80.37
A blend from seven grand crus across the Montagne de Reims and Côte des Blancs, this is dry in the classic Ayala...
750ml - Case of 6
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$143.95
Intense aromas of candied citrus, grapefruit juice and lemon peel. Incredibly youthful for its age, with a chalky...
750ml - Case of 6
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$99.94
Champagne Blend Mavrodaphne Mencia 2007
The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn't unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as 'blanc de blanc', meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or 'blanc de noir', which is made solely with Pinot Noir.
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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