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375ml - Case of 24
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$30.78
Barrel Sample. This wine shows great balance and poised elegance. Its botrytis fruit gives it rich intensity, with a...
375ml
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$219.94
$239.60
This is a great Yquem, delivering thrilling purity and intensity. The nose offers intense aromas of fresh and dried...
750ml
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$449.92
$481.20
This is a great Yquem, delivering thrilling purity and intensity. The nose offers intense aromas of fresh and dried...
375ml
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$42.94
12 bottles:
$42.08
Barrel Sample. Ripe, botrytized fruit currently dominates this wine with its rich concentration. It is a full and...
750ml
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$54.94
$58.00
Barrel Sample. Ripe, botrytized fruit currently dominates this wine with its rich concentration. It is a full and...
375ml
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$49.38
12 bottles:
$48.39
The 2017 Chateau Suduiraut is 94% Semillon and 6% Sauvignon Blanc, with 240 grams of residual sugar. It has rocking...
375ml
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$29.93
The 2017 Clos Haut-Peyraguey is fabulously rich and dense, not to mention every bit as impressive as it was en...
750ml
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$26.94
12 bottles:
$26.40
Attractive character of dried apples, peaches and pears with honey. Full-bodied and medium-sweet with a flavorful...
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Chateau Coutet Sauternes Barsac 2017
750ml - Case of 6
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$48.94
Barrel Sample. This wine shows great balance and poised elegance. Its botrytis fruit gives it rich intensity, with a...
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Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes 2017
375ml - Case of 3
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$219.94
This is a great Yquem, delivering thrilling purity and intensity. The nose offers intense aromas of fresh and dried...
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Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes 2017
750ml - Case of 6
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$385.87
This is a great Yquem, delivering thrilling purity and intensity. The nose offers intense aromas of fresh and dried...
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Chateau Lafaurie Peyraguey Sauternes 2017
375ml - Case of 12
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$45.95
A wine with fresh, clean botrytis influence and lemon curd, sliced apricot, dried apricot and apricot confiture. This...
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Chateau Lafaurie Peyraguey Sauternes 2017
750ml - Case of 6
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$64.62
A wine with fresh, clean botrytis influence and lemon curd, sliced apricot, dried apricot and apricot confiture. This...
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Chateau Rieussec Sauternes 2017
375ml - Case of 12
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$40.48
Getting a big “Wow” in my notes, the 2017 Chateau Rieussec is an extraordinary Sauternes that has everything....
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Chateau Rieussec Sauternes 2017
750ml - Case of 6
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$59.90
Getting a big “Wow” in my notes, the 2017 Chateau Rieussec is an extraordinary Sauternes that has everything....
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Chateau Suduiraut Sauternes 2017
750ml - Case of 6
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$60.95
The 2017 Chateau Suduiraut is 94% Semillon and 6% Sauvignon Blanc, with 240 grams of residual sugar. It has rocking...
750ml - Case of 6
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$89.94
Mavrodaphne Mencia Semillon/sauvignon Blanc 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
Greek Wines
Ancient Greek Wines – A Brief History of Wine in Greece
The Myth of Dionysus, Greek God of Wine
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