Sweet Fortified Wine · Mavrodafne
Mavrodafne of Patras
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It was invented by a Bavarian nobleman: Gustav Clauss settled near Patras in the mid-1800s and, inspired by Port wine, created his own sweet fortified wine in 1861 — his winery's Imperial Cellar is now a working wine museum.
Mavrodafne is a dark, naturally sweet fortified red wine made from the Mavrodafni grape, aged in oak using a solera-style blending system of younger and older vintages. It's rich with notes of dried fig, raisin and chocolate, usually sipped after a meal.
Why it's made this way: The PDO zone sits in Achaia, in the northern Peloponnese around Patras, where Achaia Clauss — Greece's oldest working winery — has produced Mavrodafne since the 1860s, making the wine and the city inseparable in Greek wine culture.
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