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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
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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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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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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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $40.18 $43.20
6 bottles: $37.80
Crafted as a homage to Kinich Ahau, Mayan god of the sun. Legend has it that the Sleeping woman, guardian goddess of...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $31.25 $33.60
6 bottles: $27.60
Crafted as a homage to Tlaloc, Mayan god of rain. Legend has it that the Sleeping Women, guardian goddess of the...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $27.90 $30.00
6 bottles: $22.80
Cihuatán Jade is a premium white rum crafted in honor of the Mayan goddess of the arts, Chac Chel, muse to ancient...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $27.36 $28.80
12 bottles: $21.66
This 151 Demerara Rum is a blend of rums aged one to two years, from three of our famous heritage stills - the French...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $19.94 $21.60
12 bottles: $18.61
This fiery rum captures the spirit of the Demerara region. Its subtle notes of vanilla and banana are bittersweet on...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $30.31 $32.59
6 bottles: $28.80
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $30.31 $32.59
6 bottles: $28.80
Using ex-bourbon oak barrels after distillation in a continuous column still, this rum is then filtered through...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $30.31 $32.59
6 bottles: $28.80
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $30.31 $32.59
6 bottles: $28.80
After continuous column, still distillation and ageing in ex-bourbon oak casks, this full flavoured rum is macerated...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $38.68 $41.59
6 bottles: $37.20
Clear golden amber color. Nutty aromas and flavors of caramel coated peanuts, pecan pie, nutmeg, orange liqueur,...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $55.94 $59.59
6 bottles: $55.20
COLOUR Intense dark amber colour with red-brown tones AROMA Big on the nose with soft caramel, vanilla, smoky honey,...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $99.94
6 bottles: $97.94
COLOUR Deep, noble mahogany shine, an unforgettable colour in the glass AROMA Hypnotic aroma, intricately roasted...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $89.94 $95.59
6 bottles: $88.80
COLOUR Deep and noble mahogany brown colour, incredibly dark and yet golden colours, superb shine and richness in the...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $41.51
6 bottles: $40.67
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Malbec Rum Sherry NV 750ml

The purple Malbec variety grapes which now grow all over the Old and New Worlds had their origins in France, where they are one of the few grape varieties allowed to be used in the highly esteemed blended wines of Bordeaux. However, it is perhaps the New World Malbec wines which have attracted the most attention in recent years, as they thrive in hot southern climates in ways they cannot in their native country, where the damp conditions leave them highly vulnerable to rot. Malbec grapes are renowned for their high tannin content, resulting in full-bodied red wines packed with ripe, plummy flavors and held in their characteristically dark, garnet colored liquid. In many countries, Malbec is still used primarily as a varietal for blending, as it adds a great level of richness and density to other, lighter and thinner varietals. However, single variety Malbec wines have been greatly on the rise in recent years, with some fantastic results and big, juicy flavors marking them out as a great wine for matching with a wide range of foods.

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.

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.