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White
750ml
Bottle: $169.93
12 bottles: $166.53
Complex and super intense Palo Cortado, loaded with concentration. Salted caramel, toffee, walnut and some tangy...
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White
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White
750ml
Bottle: $14.41 $15.83
This is bright for a cream Sherry, with green tea and singed ginger notes out front, providing heft to the date,...
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91
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White
750ml
Bottle: $14.94 $15.83
Sea salt, Brazil nut and dried chamomile notes are racy and filigreed, with a stony edge on the finish. Drink now.
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90
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White
750ml
Bottle: $27.94 $31.19
Shows lovely focus and persistence, with a prominent thread of bitter almond that runs from start to finish, while...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $59.93 $64.79
The NV Villapanes Oloroso wears a dark amber-brown robe and has a very intense nose, showing some marmalade, dark...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $13.43
12 bottles: $11.52
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White
750ml
Bottle: $11.94 $13.43
12 bottles: $11.70
White
750ml
Bottle: $13.43
12 bottles: $11.52
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White
750ml
Bottle: $16.94 $18.34
This is brown-gold in color, its maple, chocolate and raisin aromas extending onto the smooth, layered palate. Toasty...
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90
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White
750ml
Bottle: $21.94 $24.40
In spite of the massive tarte-tatin character in the nose, this is mouth-filling but bone dry and powerful with a...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $22.94 $25.20
This is a ripe, honeyed style of Sherry with deep brown sugar and cinnamon aromas. Its solid palate is under control...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $15.94
12 bottles: $15.62
Aged following a biological aging in the cool and humid air of the port town of El Puerto de Santa María, where the...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $14.94 $16.25
The wines recommended here have been selected by a broad range of educated palates, then rated and described by one...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $14.94 $16.25
Salted cracker, liquorice and seaweed nose. Vivid, bracing and vibrant wine, with concentration, poise and great...
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97
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92
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Rapid Ship
White
750ml
Bottle: $22.90 $24.40
A fabulous Sherry at an incredible price! Palo Cortado combines the best qualities of amontillado (dry, delicate,...
DC
93
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White
750ml
Bottle: $26.94
12 bottles: $25.84
Resplendent nose of Christmas spices, raisins, figs and tea leaves. Intensely sweet on the palate but very...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $23.90
12 bottles: $23.42
Big, dry, powerful but elegant wine. Very distinct yeasty notes, with layers of caramel, oak and sweet herbs, all...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $24.40
12 bottles: $23.18
Almost as creamy and refreshing as a Manzanilla, this Fino is focused on mineral notes and vibrant acidity, which...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $59.94
6 bottles: $58.74
Pearse Founder’s Choice is a 12-year-old Single Malt aged in ex-Bourbon barrels from our sister distillery, Town...
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Irish Whiskey Loureiro Sherry NV 750ml

The Irish are hailed as being the original producers of whiskey in the British Isles, and their innovations and techniques were so successful, that neighbouring Scotland were quickly influenced by them in the 15th century. Centuries later, it was the Irish who brought whiskey to America, and their style of whiskey has since become popular all over the world.

However, it wasn’t always plain sailing for the Irish whiskey industry - from being a dominant force in the 19th century, whose produce was considered far superior to that of Scotland, political upheaval and war saw the Irish whiskey almost disappear forever in the early 20th century. Today, the Irish whiskey manufacturers are back on their feet, and they are once again proving that the original is often the best. With new distilleries opening every year, it is safe to say that Irish whiskey is very much back.

Irish whiskey differs from Scotch whisky in a number of ways, and not least the spelling - the extra ‘e’ was said to be added in the 19th century as a way of distancing the Irish drink from what they saw as an inferior Scottish product. Irish whiskey was traditionally made in enormous stills, as a way of ensuring consistency from bottle to bottle, and maintaining the quality and complexity their reputation was founded on. The typical tasting notes of fine Irish whiskey include apple and vanilla, alongside spicy and sweet touches of nutmeg and fresh hay, making this a highly pleasant and smooth drink, made for relaxation and stimulating conversation about times past.

Sherry is made in a unique way using the solera system, which blends fractional shares of young wine from oak barrels with older, more mature wines. Sherry has no vintage date because it is blended from a variety of years. Rare, old sherries can contain wine that dates back 25 to 50 years or more, the date the solera was begun. If a bottle has a date on it, it probably refers to the date the company was founded.

Most sherries begin with the Palomino grape, which enjoys a generally mild climate in and around the triad of towns known as the "Sherry Triangle" and grows in white, limestone and clay soils that look like beach sand. The Pedro Ximenez type of sweet sherry comes from the Pedro Ximenez grape.

Sherry is a "fortified" wine, which means that distilled, neutral spirits are used to fortify the sherry. The added liquor means that the final sherry will be 16 to 20 percent alcohol (higher than table wines) and that it will have a longer shelf life than table wines.