Achaia Clauss Mavrodaphne “601” Grand Reserve Patras Peloponnese

Producer: Achaia Clauss
Wine region: Patras, Achaia 
Colour: Red
Style: Naturally Sweet
Grape: Mavrodaphne
Harvest: 1979
Alcohol percentage: 16% vol
Closure: Cork
Unit quantity: 500ml

About 

Wine making according to the traditional way of heavy sweet wine. Stopping fermentation by adding wine alcohol. So the sweetness of Mavrodaphne wine derives exclusively from grape sugars, while its bouquet combines the aromas from grapes with those of partial fermentation and ageing.

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Important notes:

-It is an offense to purchase or attempt to purchase alcoholic liquor if you are under the age of 18.
-The price includes safe packaging cost

About Achaia Clauss

ACHAIA CLAUSS, located on the namesake hill, was founded in 1861 by the Bavarian Gustav Clauss who came to Patras in 1854 to work at a German raisin export company. On one of his trips, he got to know the region and was impressed by its stunning scenery. He initially bought a vineyard of just 15 acres and eventually built the Winecastle, still preserved until today.

The sweet red wine that Gustav Clauss first produced in 1873 was given the name “Mavrodaphne” in honour of Daphne, his Greek beloved with the beautiful black eyes (Mavro means black in Greek), who died at a young age. Gustav Clauss is considered to be the inventor and establisher of the concept of Wine Tourism in Greece, following the visit of Austro-Hungarian Empress Sissi in 1885, in whose honour he even named a cellar (Imperial Cellar).

Today, ACHAIA CLAUSS produces its products in modern facilities, a few kilometres away from its historic facilities. A true oasis, it passes on its beauty and history over time to its thousands of visitors and to those who love it and care for preserving its unique essence.

ACHAIA CLAUSS is a milestone in our country’s history, stubbornly refusing to get old and keeping the feeling and scents of the adventures that took place in 1854 still fresh, back when the wild young bohemian Gustav Clauss shook up the ways, customs and urban status of that era, creating piece by piece the oldest Wine Ambassador of Greece in the world that left its mark on winemaking forever.