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Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, and Petit Verdot. Aged for two years in our finest new French oak...
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This unique sparkling wine is 100% Chardonnay made in Methode Tradicional from two separate vineyards high up in the...
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What a magnificent bouquet for this Dom Pérignon 2012! Pastry, a hint of smoke and autolytic notes provide a...
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Made from 60% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc, and the rest a mix of Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and Malbec, the 2012 Limoux...
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A tightly meshed Champagne, slowly revealing layers of ripe black cherry, blood orange granita, blanched almond,...
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Golden yellow in color with warm aromas of yellow pear and toasted brioche. Well structured and complex with racy...
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A very attractive Franciacorta that frames Thai desserts and Cornish pasties against a sea of lemons and limes....
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Intense straw yellow with shades of amber. Aromas of grass, meadow flowers and fresh berries. Lovely palate of figs...
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A fragrant nose with aromas of apples, pears, brioche and candied citrus. Round, silky and balanced with fine bubbles...
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A blend of 60% Chardonnay and 40% Pinot Noir from Verzy and Verzenay.
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The 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Rubicon, which used to be a proprietary blend and had a somewhat rustic, Italian...
750ml
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The 2012 Brut Nature Blanc de Blancs MSNL Chétillons et Mussettes Grand Cru was picked in the eponymous parcels in...
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Offers a plush texture that carries gorgeous flavors of macerated cherry and strawberry preserves, blood orange...
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A vintage that marks the producer's 200th anniversary, the Champagne is ripe with mature white fruits. It is an...
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100% Grand Cru Chardonnay. The core of the cuvée is made up of three vineyards with very old vines in Cramant and...
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Smells fresh with lemon and soft floral scents. Delicate and refined, this is crips, sharp and piercing yet also...
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The 2012 Brut Rive Gauche-Rive Droite Grand Cru brings together all the best elements of Marc Hebrart's style. Ample,...
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• From the Clos del Serral, a coplantation of Xarel-lo and Bastard Negre dating to 1954.
• Biodynamic viticulture...
Champagne Blend Japanese Whiskey Muller Thurgau Red Blend 2012
The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn't unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as 'blanc de blanc', meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or 'blanc de noir', which is made solely with Pinot Noir.
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.