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A distinctive white, with subtle chamomile, almond skin and smoke aromas on the nose. Fresh on the palate, with a...
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Bright, citrusy aromas join aromatic floral notes in the nose. Clean, crisp, pear, lime and pineapple flavors are...
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Intense aromas of white flowers and apricot on the nose. In terms of the palate, the wine is balanced and soft with...
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Fragrant, intense and complex. Williams pear and hints of flowers. Solid structure, refined and with a remarkable...
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The 2021 Pinot Grigio Mont Mes is spicy with notes of ginger and mace giving way to nectarine. This coasts across the...
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• 100% Mavrodaphne.
• Low yielding vines from loamy clay soils.
• Fermented and aged in stainless steel.
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‘Drueskall’ is grape skin in Norwegian - Johan Vineyards owner’s native language. The goal is to craft a wine...
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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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• 100% Pinot Gris from 1.3 hectares.
• Sandy, morainic soil.
• 20-30 year old vines.
• 800 to 900 meters...
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Pinot Gris sourced from the biodynamically farmed Johan Vineyard in the Van Duzer Corridor AVA. All fruit is hand...
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It's always challenging to know where to categorize wines such as this. In the glass, it is pink, and so it fits...
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What a serious pinot grigio here with mineral, pears, green apples, dried herbs and nectarines. Intense and pure on...
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This Pinot Grigio from DOC Fruili is light straw-yellow wine with aromas of citrus. On the palate dry and lean,...
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Beurre bosc pear, vanilla, white jelly bean On the palate: Chaffy weetbix oak notes, lychee weight in the mouth....
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A fresh, stony white, with sleek acidity enlivening flavors of ripe Anjou pear, lemon peel and white blossoms. Drink...
Mavrodaphne Mencia Pinot Gris 2021
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
What is Retsina?
The Pinot Grigio or Pinot Gris grape varietal is now one of the most widely grown vines in the world, due to the surge in popularity of Pinot Grigio wines over the past twenty years or so. These grayish-blue fruits, which hang in their distinctively conical bunches, are responsible for a very broad range of wines famous for their variety of color tones and flavors Pinot Grigio varietal grapes are highly influenced by terroir, climate and particularly the skill and expertise of the vintners who process them. As such, there are full bodied, amber colored wines made from this grape, and there are equally delicious yet far leaner, paler, lighter bodied and crisp white wines made from the same species in other parts of the world.