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750ml
Bottle: $45.82
12 bottles: $44.90
The 2021 Grenache Bessan Vineyard is one of the more austere selections in this range. Fruit is very much pushed into...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $41.87
12 bottles: $41.03
The 2021 Grenache Santa Barbara Highlands Vineyard is one of the more ethereal and aromatic wines in this range....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $45.66
12 bottles: $44.75
Deceptive in its light-bodied structure, the 2021 Grenache Vie Caprice packs quite the punch. Darker tonalities of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $44.88
12 bottles: $43.98
Appearance: Opaque red-black. Scarlet rim. Aroma: Initially closed. The wine opens to an amalgam of minerals and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $29.93 $31.99
12 bottles: $29.64
It is a wine with an attractive collection of balsamic notes, of chocolate and black fruits, very warm in the mouth...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $11.70 $13.00
12 bottles: $11.12
100% Garnacha sourced from three villages within Sierra Santa Cruz, Aragon. Hand-harvested partially destemmed but...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $39.83
12 bottles: $39.03
There is more complete ripeness in the 2021 Arroyo del Tórtolas, which shows a darker hue than the 2020 I tasted...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $61.84
12 bottles: $60.60
The 2021 Garnacha de Viña Bonita is pure Garnacha from a plot of very old vines planted in 1929 on very shallow and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $11.92
12 bottles: $10.45
Cherry red, intense has a ripe fruit nose, is full bodied and elegantly textured; exhibits a long complex finish.
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.04 $17.09
Very intense cherry red color with tones of purple. Presents in the nose a great concentration of aromas of ripe red...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $8.58
Fresh bright red fruit balanced by a fine structure and ample bouquet. Viña Borgia is made from 100% Grenache and is...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $23.90
12 bottles: $23.42
Garnacha from a single parcel planted 800 meters high on shallow and granitic soil rich in quartz. The vineyard has...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.69 $19.20
12 bottles: $18.32
Garnacha The village Garnacha comes from multiple micro-vineyards planted around the village of Valdeiglesias on top...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.94
12 bottles: $19.54
Crushed raspberries, wild strawberries, nutmeg and chocolate orange on the nose. Some green olives, too. It’s...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $31.88
12 bottles: $31.24
The 2021 Grenache Noir comes from five vineyards with younger vines than the Chenin, mainly planted in the early...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $12.99
12 bottles: $11.52
Floral and fruity garnacha with strawberries, some thyme and Mediterranean spices. Flavorful, medium-bodied palate,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $234.94
This multilayered, exuberant grenache explodes with delicious fruit, spice, dark chocolate, toasted almond,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $48.95
12 bottles: $47.97
Located in the southeast corner of Bennett Valley, Jemrose Vineyard consists of rolling hillsides surrounded on the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $12.00
12 bottles: $11.40
100% Garnacha from old, gobelet-pruned vines in granitic sand at extremely high altitude (1007 meters) in the Sierra...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $74.93
The 2021 Pelito Lindo is a new Garnacha bottling produced with grapes from three vineyards in the paraje, or...
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Grenache Japanese Whiskey Sercial 2021 750ml

The purple skinned grapes of the Grenache varietal have quickly become one of the most widely planted red wine grapes in the world, flourishing in several countries which have the correct conditions in which they can grow to ripeness. They thrive anywhere with a dry, hot climate, such as that found in central Spain and other such arid areas, and produce delightfully light bodied wines full of spicy flavors and notes of dark berries. Their robustness and relative vigor has led them being a favorite grape varietal for wineries all over the world, and whilst it isn't uncommon to see bottles made from this varietal alone, they are also regularly used as a blending grape due to their high sugar content and ability to produce wines containing a relatively high level of alcohol.

Whisky might not be the first thing that springs to mind when we think of Japanese fine produce, but over the past one hundred years, this fascinating and multi-faceted country has diligently forged a unique whisky identity which is growing in popularity, and which is entirely its own.

The story of Japanese whisky begins in 1918, when Masataka Taketsuru was sent to Scotland to undertake a tour of single malt distilleries in the Highlands, and bring home a knowledge of whisky and distillation skills. He returned full of inspiration, helped no doubt by his new Scottish wife, and alongside his friend, Shinjiro Torii, set up what would become a successful whisky industry.

Today, the Japanese whisky industry is spread over a relatively small handful of distilleries, which continue to use Scottish techniques and recipes, but with a hefty dose of distinctly Japanese experimentalism. This is displayed most obviously in the barrelling techniques the Japanese use - to create a distinctly Oriental set of tasting notes, native Japanese oakwood casks are used for ageing, alongside casks taken from plum wine producers, which impart a beautiful set of floral flavors to the whisky.

While some distilleries produce some excellent single malts, the majority of Japanese whiskies are blended, which reveals a unique set of flavors and aromas ranging from honeysuckle and orange blossom, to toffee and acetone.