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750ml
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$45.25
12 bottles:
$44.35
Always one of the more garrigue-scented Châteauneufs, the Brunels' 2018 Chateauneuf du Pape includes hints of...
750ml
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$44.40
12 bottles:
$43.51
Good depth of colour. Intense berry and juniper freshness with well-integrated oak lending a little background spice....
750ml
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$14.20
12 bottles:
$12.26
Notes of dark fruit and licorice, as well as some bay leaf. Full-bodied with round tannins. Creamy and fleshy on the...
750ml
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$15.17
12 bottles:
$14.87
Currants, raspberries and some spicy undertones. Walnuts, too. Medium-bodied with firm tannins. Crisp and juicy on...
750ml
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$45.83
$48.00
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$45.60
Excellent harmony of full body, moderately dry tannins and richness. The red fruits are now beautifully developed and...
750ml
Bottle:
$14.65
12 bottles:
$14.36
This fulfilling wine evokes the warm and fruity flavors of its sunny region. A young wine, packed with fresh notes of...
750ml
Bottle:
$32.70
12 bottles:
$32.05
Raspberries and leather mark the nose of the 2018 Gigondas, which was tasted as a blended sample prior to bottling....
750ml
Bottle:
$83.88
A dreamy wine, with a plume of incense, mulled raspberry and red tea aromas curling up from the glass, followed by a...
750ml
Bottle:
$53.94
12 bottles:
$51.30
It's hard to believe the 2018 Chateauneuf du Pape Saintes Pierres is a second wine, it's that good. Garrigue notes...
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$294.62
Red-fruited and garrigue-laden, the nose of the 2018 Chateauneuf du Pape Hommage à Jacques Perrin is glorious,...
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Chateau De Saint Cosme Gigondas 2018
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$42.78
Moving to the wines from bottle, the base Gigondas from this estate is a perennial winner and readers can safely buy...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$101.95
Shimmering violet. Powerful, mineral- and spice-tinged boysenberry and cherry preserve scents are complemented by...
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Clos Des Papes Chateauneuf Du Pape Rouge 2018
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$83.95
Due to devastating yields, there’s not much of the 2018 Châteauneuf Du Pape to go around, but it’s going to be...
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Clos Des Papes Chateauneuf Du Pape Rouge 2018
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$83.95
Due to devastating yields, there’s not much of the 2018 Châteauneuf Du Pape to go around, but it’s going to be...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$82.62
A mix of steeped plum and black cherry fruit mixes with tobacco, chestnut and melted licorice notes. There's a touch...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$96.95
Another terrific effort from this estate, the 2018 Chateauneuf du Pape Deus Ex Machina shares a sense of elegance...
Passito Red Rhone Blend Rum 2018 750ml
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.