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• 100% Pinot Noir.
• Single vineyard, Nine One Six Vineyard, Steels Creek.
• Grey loam topsoil over grey/yellow...
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$15.05
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A classic dry and crisp Brut from clay and chalk soil vineyards in the Anjou and Touraine regions of the Loire Valley...
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$15.41
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$15.10
A classic dry and crisp Brut Rosé made of 100% Cabernet Franc from clay and chalk soil vineyards in the Anjou and...
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$18.80
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Colour: Straw yellow. Perlage: Fine and persistent. Fragrance: Delicate fruity aromas, notes of bread crust and...
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The 2021 Brut Nature Valdobbiadene Sui Lieviti is intense, wafting up with a burst of sea spray, chlorophyll and...
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$19.60
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The 2021 Extra Brut Valdobbiadene Rive di Col S. Martino Castel de Donà is a total pleasure, lifting up with a...
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Fresh and balanced, with a waft of orange blossoms and a hint of stony mineral layered with flavors of yellow pear...
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$28.00
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$26.60
Velvet perlage in the glass. On the nose ripe pears and apple with the yeasty note from the bottle fermentation. On...
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$26.90
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$26.36
Passion fruit and Bing cherry come off the nose of this wine with a distinctive, wet gravel minerality. As you look...
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Light and refreshing, with pleasant notes of citrus, honeysuckle and wet stone. Lively acidity, purity, precision,...
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$18.00
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Xarel.lo, Macabeu and Parellada from four vineyards ("Cuc", "Figuera", "Triangle" & "Pupurri"), each located...
750ml
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$26.39
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$25.60
Clean, invigorating notes of silex on the nose showcase the limestone soils of the Rouanne vineyard. The aromas and...
750ml
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$18.13
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$17.77
Color: Light yellow with greenish reflections.
Bouquet: Delicate hints of apple accompanied by citrus notes.
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750ml - Case of 12
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It has a bright redcurrant pink color and fine bubbles. Complex on the nose, with primary aromas typical of the...
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$22.95
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60% Malvasia di Candia Aromatica/20% Trebbiano/15% Ortrugo/3% Sauvignon/2% Marsanne. Campedello is the name of the...
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100% Ortrugo. Lubigo (or "landslide" in local dialect) is the name of the estate parcel in this wine. The soils are...
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’Vivant’’ displays aromas of verbena and jasmine flowers with white peach notes on the nose. The wine is crisp...
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Mineral driven with aromas of lime, white flowers, and white stones. Rich with a persistent bubble and flavors of...
Champagne Blend Mavrodaphne Mencia 2021
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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