Μαυροδάφνη Πατρών (Mavrodafni Patron)

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The appellation zone encompasses vineyards around the city of Patra and extends southeastward toward Chalandrítsa, approximately 20 kilometres inland.
• The zone extends southwestward to Árla and westward several kilometres beyond Káto Achaïa.
• The vineyard soils are of medium texture, and the most suitable soils for Mavrodaphne are calcareous ones.
• The climate is maritime Mediterranean, with a mean temperature range of 17–18 °C that renders the area temperate, and a mean annual rainfall of 600–800 mm.

• The product rose to prominence thanks to the philhellene German entrepreneur Gustavo Clauss, who established a large winery on a hill above Patra in 1870.
• Traditional practice never employed added aromatic or corrective substances, and clarification was achieved solely through ageing, filtration, and fining with eggs or gelatin.

• The wine displays aromatic and flavour characteristics derived from ageing, with notes of cherry, vanilla, dried fruits, and raisins, and a vigorous, full body.
• The wine always contains at least a proportion of long-aged wine, frequently subjected to pronounced oxidative ageing, with barrels left outdoors.
• It has long carried a high actual alcoholic strength of 17–19% and a high residual sugar content of 130–140 g/L.

Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.

All appellations in Greece

Sources

• National product specification (PDF) — ypaat
• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-GR-A1048
• Official trade body site — ΕΔΟΑΟ — Εθνική Διεπαγγελματική Οργάνωση Αμπέλου & Οίνου