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Commandaria St Nicholas 2018
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House founded in 2003
One of the widest selections of the web of authors' wines and craftsmen
Features
Le Domaine d'Etko est le plus ancien de Chypre, fondé en 1844. Le nom Commandaria date de 1191: Richard Coeur de Lion donne Chypre à l'ordre des Templiers, qui nomma les territoires : les "Commanderies". Le vin produit sur ces terres fût donc appelé Commandaria. Sûrement l'un des plus vieux vins au monde, mais personne n'est vraiment sûr de l'âge de ce vin. Depuis 1993, cette appellation est protégée par une loi délimitant la zone géographique, des vignes ayant survécu au phylloxéra dans 14 villages sur les montagnes de Troodos, à 30 km au nord de Limasol, capitale de Chypre, ainsi que les conditions de production.
Ce Commandaria est délicieux vin du désert produit à partir d'un mélange de raisins sélectionnés de variétés indigènes Mavro (rouge) et Xynisteri (blanc) de l'île de Chypre. Le vin est couvert par l'Appellation d'Origine Protégée Commadaria, ce type de vin ayant une énorme histoire et une tradition millénaire profondément enracinée dans la culture des habitants de cette partie de l'île. Ce superbe vin doux est le résultat d'un processus de séchage du raisin au soleil, de la fermentation d'un jus très riche et concentré et d'une maturation ultérieure en vieux fûts pendant une période minimale de trois ans.
15 % Alc. Vol.
What is an author wine?
This can be so diverse depending on the personality of their sire, that it is easier to define what it is not. An author wine is anything but a standard, stereotypical wine, made to please as many people as possible. It is therefore rarely produced in millions of copies, copying itself from vintage in vintage.
An author wine is therefore a wine that does not look like that of the neighbor. Which from year to year will evolve according to the vagaries of the weather and the mood of the author - the two that can be linked. Because the author does not rely on market studies to carry out his boat. He makes his wine as he feels, as he likes, as he can, sometimes ... and too bad if he does not please everyone.
This is why author wines are sometimes classified as "table wine" or "France wine". Because the winemaker did not plan the authorized grape variety*, makes the assembly or vinification recommended in the name **. He is often a bit rebellious, our author. But that is why we like it! ... That said, author's wines are not systematically marginal: they are present in most of the appellations, and can be part of the elite of these this***. Because they are not content to have personality: they are good, in addition! With in general aDegree of TorchabilityVery high: we never tire of it at the end of the first sip.
As author's wines are not chaptalized, levied, hacked ... They can have very different profiles depending on the vintage. It is up to us (resellers and consumers) to accept them as they are, and to remain faithful to the producers, because they need us to continue their activity.
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* For example, theTouriga Nacionalin the Minervois, or theSyrahIn Forez ribs. They are crazy, these authors!
** Some winegrowers dare to produceSweety with Mourvèdre or oneNatural sparkling with Pineau d'Aunis
*** Like those of Jean-François Ganevat in the Jura or Zind-Humbercht in Alsace
