Mavrodaphne
This grape is found in the Peloponnese and Ionian Islands. The black-skinned grape makes a sweet fortified wine from Patras called, Mavrodaphne.
Xynomavro ...
Xinomavro. Indigenous red grape of Greece, pronounced Ksee-NO-ma-vro, according to the Web site allaboutgreekwine.com, where you can hear it pronounced. Greek wines are interesting, well-made and often bargain priced.
Mavrodaphne - (Mahv-roe-DAHF-nee)
Greek red-wine grape usually used in a sweet, strongly fortified dessert wine that can represent very good value.
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MAVRODAPHNE: Red-wine grape widely grown in the Patras region on the north coast of the Peloponnese in southern Greece and either used to make a dry wine suitable for blending purposes, or, as also on the island of Rhodes, to make a moderately sweet, ...
MAVRODAPHNE: Pronounced "mav roh thaf nee". Red-wine grape widely grown in the Patras region on the north coast of the Peloponnese in southern Greece and either used to make a dry wine suitable for blending purposes, or, ...
Naoussa, among the most renowned areas of all Greece, is famous for its red wines produced with Xynomavro grapes, full bodied and structured, whereas in Goumenissa the same grape is blended with Negoska grape therefore producing less bodied wines.
Commandaria (or Commanderia) is an amber-colored dessert wine made from the indigenous Mavro and Xynistery varieties of grapes in the Commandaria region of Cyprus on the foothills of the Troodos Mountains.
The strong Greek red wines are produced from grape varieties such as the "Mavrodaphne", the "Xinomavro" or even the "Liatiko".
Harmonious :
Wine with a balanced level of alcohol acidity and sugar ...
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