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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
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$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
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$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....
1.5Ltr
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$243.00
4 bottles:
$240.00
Every year Mounir will select several crus to age in Amphorae, where they will remain untouched for around a year,...
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...
1.5Ltr
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$97.94
3 bottles:
$95.98
Pretty mesquite and red tea aromas lead off, followed by silky red cherry and raspberry fruit. Shows a light garrigue...
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
Bottle:
$39.84
12 bottles:
$39.04
85% Schiava/15% other. Known locally as Vernatsch, Schiava is a thin-skinned grape native to the Alto Adige and on...
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
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$788.42
$838.75
Red-fruited and garrigue-laden, the nose of the 2018 Chateauneuf du Pape Hommage à Jacques Perrin is glorious,...
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$294.79
Red-fruited and garrigue-laden, the nose of the 2018 Chateauneuf du Pape Hommage à Jacques Perrin is glorious,...
Pre-Arrival
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:
$102.37
Shimmering violet. Powerful, mineral- and spice-tinged boysenberry and cherry preserve scents are complemented by...
Pre-Arrival
Clos Des Papes Chateauneuf Du Pape Rouge 2018
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$91.95
Due to devastating yields, there’s not much of the 2018 Châteauneuf Du Pape to go around, but it’s going to be...
Japanese Whiskey Red Rhone Blend Mencia 2018
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.