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Red
750ml
Bottle: $51.07 $51.79
6 bottles: $51.00
From Adi Badenhorst, Swartland's savoury, mineral and meaty tones chime though here, the fruit taken from a single...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.20
12 bottles: $18.82
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $29.80
A fresh, complex, aerial Marsanne-based white wine. Notes of pear, peach, floral (hawthorn) and anise with a hint of...
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $98.94
Golden yellow in color with aromas of white pear and apple blossom. Rich and textural on the palate with flavors of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $24.90 $27.60
Cinsault from the historic Bechtold Vineyard in the Mokelumne River AVA of Lodi. The twenty-five acre own-rooted...
White
750ml
Bottle: $27.12
12 bottles: $26.58
White
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $65.94
3 bottles: $64.62
Shows depth and complexity while staying light on its feet. A salty brioche note infuses this white's base of crunchy...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $26.94
12 bottles: $26.40
Shows depth and complexity while staying light on its feet. A salty brioche note infuses this white's base of crunchy...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $12.57
12 bottles: $12.32
Bright white wine with golden hue. Aroma of ripe white fruit and minerals. Creamy, fleshy, fresh and very seductive...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $38.00
12 bottles: $37.24
• Practicing organic. • 100% Marsanne. • From multiple steep parcels in the villages of Mauves, Tournon – the...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $14.99 $16.66
Classic aromas of lychee, rose petal and grapefruit, with underlying hints of ginger spice. Very vibrant and zesty on...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $15.90 $16.66
12 bottles: $15.83
A well-cut white, with a tang of salinity underscoring notes of crunchy pear, melon rind, grapefruit pith and a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $25.01
12 bottles: $24.50
The 2021 Cinsault is from a nice vintage, cool and with healthy grapes that ripened well. It comes from a 65-year-old...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $15.59
12 bottles: $13.99
Three of the finest Greek white varieties joined their forces for the production of NOTIOS WHITE. These two dominant...
White
750ml
Bottle: $24.95
12 bottles: $24.45
A perfumed yet chalky nose with nectarines, white blossom, melon and stones. Almost full-bodied with an elegant...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $15.00
White color with green highlights. Intense lemon aroma, with citrus, Greek herbs and hints of roses and licorice....
White
750ml
Bottle: $32.94
12 bottles: $32.28
• Certified organic. • 100% Marsanne. • From the original Crozes villages of Crozes-Hermitage. • A single...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $99.94
12 bottles: $97.94
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White
750ml
Bottle: $26.94
12 bottles: $26.40
• Certified organic. • 100% Marsanne. • 60+ year old vines. • 2 terraced parcels on opposite sides of the...
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Cinsault White Rhone Blends Marsanne Moschofilero Mencia

Viognier, an exotic, elusive varietal, originally comes from the Northern Rhone Valley of France, and has captured the fascination of the U.S. wine-drinking public. At its finest, it is full-bodied and nearly golden in color, with a haunting bouquet of peaches, apricots and pears, and a floral quality like no other wine in the world. Many vintners are trying their hand at this varietal, spreading from its American beginnings in Napa Valley and Santa Barbara County to wineries as far away as Virginia. Marsanne and Rousanne, two other important varieties from the Rhone Valley are making waves in the U.S., particularly on the Central Coast of California.

Greece has many AOC regions, each with their own signature grape varietal which is cultivated and processed to an exceptionally high degree of excellence. The AOC of Mantinia on the beautiful expansive plateau of the Peloponnese has the Moschofilero varietal, a gray colored white variety which produces exceptional Blanc de Gris wines. A delicate grape, highly sensitive to adverse weather conditions, it is nonetheless prized by wine makers for its unique attributes and the quality of the wine which can be made from it. Although commonly compared to western European Muscat wines, the Moschofilero grapes produce wine which is in a league of its own – full of floral aromas containing heavy, almost soporific notes of rose petals and violets. The flavor of the wine tends to be spicy, and leans more towards earthy mineral flavors rather than fruit ones, making it perfect as an aperitif or coupled with salty olives and cheeses.

Moschofilero wines tend to be elegant and subtle, with their strength being in their crispness, and the bouquet of floral aromas rising from the glass. The finest Moschofilero wines to come out of Greece in recent decades have included the Tselopos, whose high altitude vineyards have seemingly mastered the potential and complexity of this gray grape to international acclaim.

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?