2009 | Mercouri Estate "Chortais" (500ml) | Peloponnese | Greece Chateau Deyrem Valentin 5% petit verdot and 4%

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2009 | Mercouri Estate "Chortais" (500ml) | Peloponnese | Greece Chateau Deyrem Valentin 5% petit verdot and 4%A rare Greek sweet red from a historic Peloponnese estate sun dried Mavrodaphne, five years in cask, caramel and chocolate. Mercouri Estate is a historic family domaine (founded 1864) on the western coast of the Peloponnese, near Ancient Olympia. "Chortais" named for the bay by the estate is their natural sweet dessert red: 55% Mavrodaphne and 45% Korinthiaki (the Corinth currant grape), semi sun dried, then matured five years in oak with carefully