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750ml - Case of 3
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$109.95
Slightly cooked fruit on the nose, with a toasted oak and meaty character. Full bodied, with round and chewy tannins...
750ml
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$153.00
12 bottles:
$144.78
Blackberry and licorice aromas, with full body, very fine tannins and a long finish. Very silky. So much for jammy...
750ml
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$1579.23
$1754.70
The 2003 Lafite Rothschild comes as close to perfection as any of the great Lafites made over the past three decades...
750ml
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$286.74
$318.60
This is more exotic and monstrous than the 2000. It is like a muscle builder, with lots of round and rich tannins and...
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Chateau Ausone Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2003
750ml - Case of 12
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$1032.44
Amazing! The limestone soils of Ausone appear to have been the perfect foil for resisting the extreme heat and...
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Chateau Calon Segur Saint Estephe 2003
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$167.55
Loads of crushed berries, with mineral, lightly toasted oak and licorice. Full-bodied, with big, velvety tannins and...
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Chateau Calon Segur Saint Estephe 2003
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$180.72
Loads of crushed berries, with mineral, lightly toasted oak and licorice. Full-bodied, with big, velvety tannins and...
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Chateau Cantemerle Haut Medoc 2003
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$60.61
This is a ripe, complete wine, full of black fruits, spicy wood and solid tannins. Over five-10 years, it will...
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Chateau Clinet Pomerol 2003
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$118.12
Loads of blackberry, toasted oak and chocolate here. Full-bodied, with chewy tannins and lots of fruit. This is a...
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Chateau Cos D'estournel Saint Estephe 2003
750ml - Case of 12
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$224.53
A dense and powerful wine as always with very ripe fruit yet an underlying freshness and complexity with tobacco,...
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Chateau Cos D'estournel Saint Estephe 2003
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$316.37
A dense and powerful wine as always with very ripe fruit yet an underlying freshness and complexity with tobacco,...
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Chateau Du Tertre Margaux 2003
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$72.70
At 33% Cab Franc, this is atypical of the Left Bank but not for du Tertre, which is blessed with high-quality, old...
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Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou Saint Julien 2003
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$207.31
Lots of aromas of roasted fruit, such as blueberries and raisins, and spices. It has full body with plenty of velvety...
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Chateau Faugeres Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2003
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$45.00
As I reported last year, this is an atypically powerful, blockbuster Faugeres. The proprietor, Madame Guisez, has hit...
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Chateau Figeac Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2003
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$334.31
This has a roasted, grippy-edged feel, with plum skin and licorice root notes framing the core of blackberry, fig and...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$39.27
Stephane Derenoncourt is the winemaking consultant behind this terrific, bargain-priced sleeper of the vintage. The...
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Chateau Gruaud Larose Saint Julien 2003
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$93.70
Aromas of blackberry, toasted oak, sweet tobacco and espresso. Full-bodied, with velvety tannins and a long, fruity...
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Chateau Haut Brion Pessac Leognan Rouge 2003
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$524.95
95-97 Restrained power combine with great style and elegance in this beautiful wine. The tannins are certainly solid...
Cayuga Corvina Blend Red Bordeaux Rum 2003 750ml
Corvina grapes are most commonly associated with the Veneto region of Italy, where they have been grown successfully for centuries, and are a vital component of the region's viticultural identity. The Corvina varietal is famed around the world for its inclusion in such fine wines as Amarone and Valpolicella, where it is blended with small quantities of other grape varietals to produce wines of exceptional character and balance. The grapes themselves have a naturally high level of acidity, which often results in an aftertaste of bitter almonds. However, this bitterness is quite a sought for feature of this varietal, as it balances beautifully with the sour cherry notes also associated with the grape. Corvina grapes have a wonderfully potential for aging, and this process mellows the bitterness and acids present in the fruit, resulting in soft, complex and highly admired wines.
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.
It is difficult to categorize rum as a single spirit, because of all the spirits found around the globe, rum is perhaps the one which varies most dramatically from place to place. Clear, white rum - a favorite for cocktail drinkers - is perhaps the most prevalent example found today, but there is a whole world of darker, spiced and molasses-rich rums to explore, thanks to the fascinating history and wide reach this drink has.
Rum came about during the colonial times, when sugar was a huge and world-changing business. The molasses left over from the sugar production industry could easily be distilled into a delicious alcoholic drink, and provided extra income for the sugar traders. Before long, it became a favorite of sailors and transatlantic merchants, and it quickly spread across the Caribbean and Latin America, where it remains highly popular today.
The production of rum is a basic and simple one - you take your molasses, add yeast and water, and then ferment and distil the mixture. However, as is often the case, the devil is in the detail. The variation in yeasts found from place to place, the maturation period, the length of the fermentation and the type of stills and barrels used provide the rainbow-colored variation that gives rum its spectrum of styles and characteristics.