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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.89 $16.66
12 bottles: $15.83
Candied nose of red fruits, restrained, mineral, fresh precision of aromas. Clean and pure, with good intensity.
DC
92
WS
90
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White
750ml
Bottle: $16.15 $16.66
12 bottles: $15.83
Bright gold and clear in color, delicate bouquet, aroma of citrus. Medium acidity, long and pleasant aftertaste.
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.74 $17.49
COLOR: The color is ruby red with violet highlights. NOSE: The bouquet is fruit-forward with notes of currants,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.94 $17.49
12 bottles: $15.83
COLOR: The color is ruby red with violet highlights. NOSE: The bouquet is fruit-forward with notes of currants,...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.89
12 bottles: $19.49
COLOR: Ruby red with violet highlights. NOSE: Intense bouquet of ripe fruits with notes of currants, blackberries and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $29.94 $30.60
12 bottles: $25.65
Red
750ml
Bottle: $12.57
12 bottles: $11.94
Dolcetto d'Alba is a wine that is characterized by its fragrance and freshness: it has a ruby-red colour with hues of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.93 $18.66
12 bottles: $17.01
A fresh and bright dolcetto with bright cherry and lemon-peel aromas and flavors. Medium body. Crisp finish. Drink now.
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92
WE
91
Red
750ml
Bottle: $28.94
12 bottles: $28.36
• Practicing Organic. • 100% Dolcetto. • Sourced from a single site in Eola-Amity Hills AVA. • Destemmed,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.90 $20.88
6 bottles: $17.50
Ruby red in colour. On the nose, fragrant, fruity bouquet with hints of flowers. This is a very versatile piedmontese...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $19.98 $22.20
6 bottles: $13.00
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Sake/Fruit Wine
750ml
Bottle: $10.53 $11.70
12 bottles: $8.55
Sake/Fruit Wine
750ml
Bottle: $11.70
12 bottles: $11.47
Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.94
12 bottles: $16.60
This classic Dolcetto has an intense ruby color with violet reflections. The aroma is strong and fruity with notes of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $23.94
12 bottles: $23.46
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $11.70
12 bottles: $11.47
A bright young dolcetto with clean, plummy fruit and a characteristic fruit-tea note. Medium body with fresh acidity...
JS
90
Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.94
12 bottles: $13.66
• 100% Dolcetto. • From 1.5ha of vines. • Grown in calcareous soils. • Maceration with the skins for 4-5 days...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
750ml
Bottle: $19.84 $20.88
12 bottles: $14.25
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.85 $18.40
12 bottles: $17.49
Colour: Brilliant ruby red with violet reflections. Bouquet: Intense and persistent, reminiscent of cherries, ribes,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.44 $16.04
Red ruby colour tending to the violet; fresh and fragrant at the nose, with notes recalling the ripe cherry and plum....

Dolcetto Mencia Savatiano

In Italian, Dolcetto means 'little sweet one' – a slightly misleading name, as the black grapes of this varietal have relatively little natural sugar and almost almost produce dry wines. However, the Dolcetto grapes are remarkably popular with those looking for a full, rounded and highly flavorful wine, and are grown extensively in their native Italy, and in many other countries around the world. Dolcetto varietal grapes tend to have quite a high level of tannin, due to their thick, black skins, and low acidity, resulting in interesting wines with a large feel in the mouth, despite being relatively light in body. They are most commonly associated with big, complex flavors such as liquorice and prunes, and are regularly described as having a finish similar to the flavor of bitter almonds.

Savatiano is probably Greece's most well known and most widely grown grape varietal, as it is the primary grape used in the production of Retsina, where the fermenting juices of the Savatiano varietal are flavored with pine resin in order to make this distinctive and famous wine. One of the reasons for the wide cultivation of this grape is due to its hardiness, and resistance to drought conditions. In the sun-drenched and dry, rocky Greek landscapes, this makes it an ideal vine to grow for wine-makers who require a strong and bounteous yield each year.

However, there are plenty of examples of Greek white wines which use the Savatiano grape but withhold from the addition the pine resin flavoring, allowing the true characteristics of this varietal to shine through. The result is often very pleasing indeed, with Savatiano grapes generally producing extremely well balanced and rounded white wines, with a juicily fruity flavor. Their aromas can vary quite a lot, with many Savatiano wines bearing the fragrance of citrus fruits, and also occasionally having a strong floral aroma reminiscent of elder and rose. Due to the relatively low acidity of Savatiano grapes, the wines which use them (including Retsina) generally bolster themselves with the addition of smaller quantities of more acidic varieties, such as Assyrtiko or Rhoditis, in order to improve their sometimes weak structure.

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?