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750ml
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$43.15
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This more traditionally-styled Châteauneuf-du-Pape features pronounced fruit and spice aromas with hints of smoke,...
750ml
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$39.93
$40.80
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$39.13
The effusive raspberry and redcurrant fruit is wrapped around the well-crafted core of powdery tannins, giving this...
750ml
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$89.90
$94.20
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$88.35
95-97 Not yet bottled, the 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape Vieilles Vignes is all very old vine Grenache from the sandy...
750ml
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$15.94
$17.91
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$15.83
Sultry and savory, with a lot of fruit as well, this warm, silky red offers wild strawberry, cherry and red licorice...
750ml - Case of 12
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A bold and structured Chateauneuf with stacks of damson plum aroma, savory character and meaty depths. In spite of...
750ml
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750ml
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$18.13
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750ml
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$65.64
$66.79
A very imposing Chateauneuf with enormous depth of Mediterranean herb aromas that makes a bold statement on the...
750ml
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$41.94
$45.19
A stunning Chateauneuf with stacks of ripe blackberry fruit, generous body and concentrated fine tannins. Together...
750ml
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Pour yourself a glass of this and spend an hour experiencing how it opens up in stages. At first there’s an...
750ml
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$94.95
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$93.05
Enormous concentration with great tannin structure giving this extraordinary elegance on the expansive palate....
750ml
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$63.87
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$62.59
750ml
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$29.90
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$29.30
Darkly coloured. Lovely sense of freshness, florality and herbal detail. Fairly full and rounded, quite mature...
375ml
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The colour is deep red with bluish highlights. The nose is very expressive with ripe red fruit flavors and hints of...
750ml
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$26.94
$28.40
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$26.40
The colour is deep red with bluish highlights. The nose is very expressive with ripe red fruit flavors and hints of...
750ml
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$13.65
$15.17
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The color is ruby red with purples highlights. The nose is expressive, marked by aromas of fresh red fruits and...
750ml
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$11.70
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$11.47
Typical fragrances of a young chardonnay, tiny white wallflowers. On the palate the richness of the fruit is present;...
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$219.00
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$214.80
Stunningly complex nose of dried flowers, beeswax and candied citrus peel. However, the interplay of richness and...
Ice Wine Mavrodaphne Red Rhone Blend
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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