Winery HermesMavrodaphne of Patras
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Mavrodaphne of Patras of Winery Hermes in the region of Peloponnesos often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit.
Details and technical informations about Winery Hermes's Mavrodaphne of Patras.
Discover the grape variety: Mavrud
Structured, tannic reds with a deep inky robe, firm tannins and moderate acidity. Intense aromas of blackberry, black plum, blackcurrant, candied cherry, spices, leather, tobacco and balsamic notes. Fine ageing potential with oak maturation. Star of Bulgaria's great reds around Asenovgrad (Thrace) and driver of the Bulgarian wine renaissance. Very late-ripening native Bulgarian variety, one of the most historic in the country (mentioned since Thracian antiquity).
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Mavrodaphne of Patras from Winery Hermes are 2019, 0
Informations about the Winery Hermes
The Winery Hermes is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 10 wines for sale in the of Patras to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Patras
PDO on the north coast of the Peloponnese (Achaia): Roditis is the signature white king (rosé-skinned, Greece's 2nd variety) — aromatic, light-bodied balance of acidity and freshness, vinified dry, semi-dry and medium sweet. Mavrodaphne as the signature naturally sweet fortified red PDO with a characteristic deep brown colour, complex and refined bouquet of raisins, figs, plums and walnuts, oak-aged minimum 1 year, up to 49% Mavri Korinthiaki.
The wine region of Peloponnesos
Southern Greece, the country's 2nd region by volume, high-altitude vineyards (200-900 m). Signature Agiorgitiko at Nemea ("Hercules' Blood"): deep ruby reds with signature notes of black cherry, plum, blackberry, sweet spices and a balsamic touch, supple tannins and a velvety palate — fleshy and accessible. At Mantinia (600 m), pink-skinned Moschofilero gives aromatic whites (rose, citrus, white flowers). Sweet fortified Mavrodaphne, fresh Roditis.
The word of the wine: Arching
A stage in the vegetative cycle of the vine that occurs after the leaves have fallen and is characterized by the drying out of the soft shoots, which are transformed into hard shoots by lignification.
