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COLOR: Wine of very elegant red color.
BOUQUET: Intense aroma, with fruity hints of ripe plums, cherry jam and notes...
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A newcomer to the marketplace, this velvety, blended Irish whiskey offers sweet, malty flavors that incorporate baked...
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Our naturally gluten-free vodka is made 100% from malted and unmalted peas. Named after Gregor Mendel, the geneticist...
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As the first vodka approved to wear the Idaho Potato Commission’s official seal, our naturally gluten free Mountain...
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Clear color. Aromas and flavors of lemongrass, beeswax, butcher paper, and pickled ginger with a velvety, vibrant,...
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Features a bright, pleasantly familiar orange-lemon lollipop scent and fresh, clean and brisk flavors, with most of...
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This vodka is simply clean, from the mildly sweet aroma to the crisp finish. The palate holds pleasant notes of...
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This flavored vodka is clear in the glass, with a grapefruit aroma that really seems to channel the essence of the...
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Luscious and perfumy, with Christmas clementine and vanilla aromas. However, there's far more orange on the nose than...
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Did you know there are more than 3000 varieties of pear? Some are edible, some are not. Many look like pears, some...
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Bringing you that watermelon sweetness with zero added sugar, Absolut Watermelon is without a doubt our new summer...
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Absolut Wild Berri is your natural kick starter for the full-on house warming party, a perfect mood manager for that...
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Anytime Farmhouse Vodka is a Regenerative Organic Certified ® vodka, meeting the highest standard of environmental...
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We've added a world first to our world first by creating Nädar Vodka. Nädar Vodka again harnesses the power of both...
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Arbikie’s Chipotle chili vodka captures the smokiness and earthiness of our potato vodka to create a perfectly...
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Arbikie overlooks the dramatic Lunan Bay on the east coast of Scotland. Haar vodka is named after the soft, rolling...
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Arbikie’s Strawberry Vodka is a product of nature and nurture: full of authentic flavor, pure and chemical free....
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Tattie Bogle Vodka is Scotland’s first potato vodka, and named after the ‘Tattie Bogles’ (the ancient Scots...
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TOP 100 SPIRITS 2019. This easy-drinking whiskey has a straw hue, mild vanilla aroma and feather-light feel on the...
Irish Whiskey Mencia Primitivo Vodka 750ml
The Irish are hailed as being the original producers of whiskey in the British Isles, and their innovations and techniques were so successful, that neighbouring Scotland were quickly influenced by them in the 15th century. Centuries later, it was the Irish who brought whiskey to America, and their style of whiskey has since become popular all over the world.
However, it wasn’t always plain sailing for the Irish whiskey industry - from being a dominant force in the 19th century, whose produce was considered far superior to that of Scotland, political upheaval and war saw the Irish whiskey almost disappear forever in the early 20th century. Today, the Irish whiskey manufacturers are back on their feet, and they are once again proving that the original is often the best. With new distilleries opening every year, it is safe to say that Irish whiskey is very much back.
Irish whiskey differs from Scotch whisky in a number of ways, and not least the spelling - the extra ‘e’ was said to be added in the 19th century as a way of distancing the Irish drink from what they saw as an inferior Scottish product. Irish whiskey was traditionally made in enormous stills, as a way of ensuring consistency from bottle to bottle, and maintaining the quality and complexity their reputation was founded on. The typical tasting notes of fine Irish whiskey include apple and vanilla, alongside spicy and sweet touches of nutmeg and fresh hay, making this a highly pleasant and smooth drink, made for relaxation and stimulating conversation about times past.
As with many European grape varietals, there is some debate regarding the precise origins of the Primitivo grape. Most people now agree that it probably came from Croatia, where it is still used widely in the production of red wine, and it known as Tribidrag. However, today it is a grape most commonly associated with the powerful red wines of Puglia, the heel of Italy’s boot, where the intense sunshine and brisk Mediterranean breezes produce grapes of remarkable character and balance. Primitivo is a dark grape, known for producing intense, inky, highly tannic wines, most notably the naturally sweet Dolce Naturale and the heavy and complex Primitivo di Manduria wines. Primitivo tends to be naturally very high in both tannin and alcohol, making it ideal for both barrel and cellar ageing, which brings out its more rounded and interesting features.
Primitivo is not the easiest grape to grow or manage, and it has had something of a difficult century. Indeed, by the 1990s, there was little interest in Puglian wines in general, and winemakers were neglecting their Primitivo vineyards and looking to other, more commercially viable varietals. However, the last decade has seen this grape come well and truly back into fashion, with new techniques and a heightened interest in native Italian grape varietals bringing Primitivo back into the spotlight. It is now widely loved for its intensity and ability to be paired with strongly flavored foods.