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Opens with aromas of honey, papaya and mango. Layered fla-vors on the palate of white pepper, balsamic, and ample...
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Soft and clean aromas of tropical fruit and eucalyptus on the nose. Fresh sugar cane on the palate with notes of of...
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750ml
Bottle: $54.16 $57.01
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This luscious cachaça is aged up to two years in barrels made from a rare Brazilian wood called amburana, hence the...
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CANAVIAIS, meaning “sugarcane fields” in Portuguese, is a verdant, cocktail-friendly cachaça produced from some...
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Bottle: $29.30 $30.84
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Inside the tall, distinctive lime-green bottle, look for a faintly yellow-tinged liquid with pungent, ripe tropical...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $30.77 $32.39
6 bottles: $28.79
From the minds of the multi-Grammy nominated dance music superstars SOFI TUKKER comes this organic, forest-friendly...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $29.94 $30.71
Clear color. Aromas and flavors of black olive tapenade, dried grasses, grilled tomato, raisin toast, and ripe papaya...
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750ml
Bottle: $33.59 $38.39
This tawny cachaça is aged in oak and araiba wood. The latter accounts for the orange hue as well as tones of earthy...
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750ml
Bottle: $15.94 $16.66
12 bottles: $15.62
The 2022 Savatiano Old Vines is unoaked and comes in at 12.6% alcohol. This is mightily impressive in its youth....
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Cachaca Savatiano

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?