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750ml - Case of 3
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$509.85
Intense and enticing campfire smoke, this has beautiful rich fruits behind the grilled aromatics, and is open and...
750ml
Bottle:
$151.80
12 bottles:
$148.76
The 2007 Beychevelle has an attractive nose, fresher and more complex than others in this flight of off-vintages....
750ml
Bottle:
$98.25
12 bottles:
$96.29
Tasted at BI Wine & Spirits' 10-Years-On tasting, the 2007 Brane-Cantenac has a quintessential bouquet for the estate...
750ml
Bottle:
$235.95
12 bottles:
$231.23
A difficult year in theory but, as with many of the good names in Bordeaux, it is tasting excellently right now and...
750ml
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$211.95
$235.50
This is rich and powerful, with beautiful dark fruits that really showcase the Cabernet dominance of this wine. Great...
750ml
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$70.74
$78.60
Dense and layered with dried apples, pineapples, mangos and lemons. Full body, bright acidity and a long, flavorful...
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Chapelle D'ausone Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2007
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$182.95
A smooth wine, rich for the vintage, with black currant and bright fruits and a strong underlay of wood. The acidity,...
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Chateau Angelus Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2007
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$377.28
Intense and enticing campfire smoke, this has beautiful rich fruits behind the grilled aromatics, and is open and...
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Chateau Ausone Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2007
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$568.44
While there is certainly plenty of wood here, the wine has weight and impressive concentration for the year. The...
750ml - Case of 6
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$157.57
750ml - Case of 12
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$92.95
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$95.94
Good bright ruby-red. Plum, currant, coffee, graphite, tobacco and licorice on the nose, lifted by a peppery...
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Chateau Certan De May Pomerol 2007
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$86.78
Medium red-ruby. Perfumed, complex nose melds redcurrant, tobacco, mocha, cocoa powder and licorice. Broad, sweet and...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$545.44
There is plumpness to the black fruit that gives beautiful impact on the attack, and here it combines with a...
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$563.27
There is plumpness to the black fruit that gives beautiful impact on the attack, and here it combines with a...
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Chateau Cos D'estournel Saint Estephe 2007
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$154.95
With its perfumed aromas, this is a wine that has richness and sweetness, with soft velvet power. It has an intense...
Japanese Whiskey Red Bordeaux 2007 750ml
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.
There are few regions in the world with stricter regulations in regards to wine production and grape varietals than those found in Bordeaux, France. Here, in the home of the world's finest wines, the type and quality of grapes used is of utmost importance, and the legendary wineries which work on the banks of the Gironde river have mastered the careful art of juice blending to find the perfect balance for their produce. Whilst there are six 'official' Bordeaux grapes, the two key varietals for almost every fine Bordeaux wine are Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, and with good reason. Whilst Cabernet Sauvignon grapes are renowned for their acidity and astringency, strong fruit and spice flavors and full body, Merlot grapes are notably rounded, soft, fleshy and lighter on tannin. The combination of these two varietals, along with a small percentage of (commonly) Petit Verdot or Cabernet Franc, is the perfect balancing act – the two grape varietals cancel out each others weaker points, and accentuate all that is good about the other.