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The Berger liter of Zweigelt is an unbelievable value red wine. Made in the same style as the Gru?ner Liter, but aged...
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This is a tasty and waxy white with lemon rind, beeswax, chamomile and jack fruit on the nose. Medium-bodied, full of...
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The 2021 Zweigelt was grown on the southern edge of Kamptal on alluvial gravels. Subtle reduction is still smoky and...
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• 100% Mavrodaphne.
• Low yielding vines from loamy clay soils.
• Fermented and aged in stainless steel.
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Zweigelt is a crossing between Blaufränkisch and St. Laurent created by Dr. Fritz Zweigelt at the Klosterneuburg in...
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Rich and plummy quite lush for a ‘basic’ Liter wine, with almost a New World fleshiness.
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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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Also a month in bottle, but it's more round and also less sweet; in fact this is a mannerly fellow with a certain...
750ml - Case of 12
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Violet-reddish in color. Aromas of cherry, dark berries, herbs and spices. On the palate it is balanced with firm...
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Deep purple in color with aromas of fresh cherries and clean earth. Medium bodied on the palate with flavors of black...
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Deep purple in color with aromas of fresh cherries and clean earth. Medium bodied on the palate with flavors of black...
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This is bottled and made in the shared Buchegger-Mayr winery. 100% Zweigelt, grown in loess soils. The fruit is...
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Quite a rich and earthy wine with plenty of spice and savoriness, but also generous blueberry fruit. Underlying this...
750ml - Case of 6
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Mavrodaphne Mencia Zweigelt
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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