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750ml - Case of 6
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$91.99
Aromatic, with hints of tea rose, graphite and bergamot, this creamy Champagne is svelte and well-knit, with bright...
750ml
Bottle:
$199.94
$220.08
#80 TOP 100 WINES OF FRANCE 2022. This has a gorgeous nose of pie crust, biscuit, dried apple, hazelnut and citrus...
1.5Ltr
Bottle:
$444.94
6 bottles:
$436.04
The 2006 Extra Brut Premier Cru Millésime Terre is pure, fine and intense on the nose, with sweet cherry flavors and...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$138.95
The 2006 Brut Cuvée Nicolas François is showing superbly, bursting with aromas of warm bread, citrus oil, wild...
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$473.39
#74 Wine of the World 2022. Baked raspberries, salted yellow plums, figs, walnuts, orange zest, mahogany and some...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$229.95
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$210.95
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Boerl & Kroff Champagne Brut 2006
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$2650.45
$2694.05
The 2006 Brut wafts from the glass with aromas of ripe citrus fruit, warm bread, smoke and honeycomb that mingle with...
750ml - Case of 3
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$1548.47
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$164.61
A textbook blanc de blancs in a relatively opulent style, with ample grilled nut, brioche and spice character...
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$151.95
A textbook blanc de blancs in a relatively opulent style, with ample grilled nut, brioche and spice character...
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Charles Heidsieck Champagne Brut Millesime 2006
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$98.95
Rich notes of pastry, crushed cherry, espresso cream, saffron and spice are well-meshed with vibrant acidity in this...
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Chateau Haut Brion Pessac Leognan Blanc 2006
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$922.82
The 2006 Haut-Brion performed even better from bottle than it did from barrel. Sixty-four percent of the production...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$326.86
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Chateau Margaux Pavillon Blanc 2006
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$296.80
The 2006 Pavillon Blanc du Château Margaux has always been one of the pinnacle white releases from this First Growth...
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Dom Perignon Champagne Brut 2006
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle:
$694.15
This is very lively and vibrant with a dense and rich center palate. Lots of complexity and balance with pastry,...
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Dom Perignon Champagne Brut 2006
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$221.95
This is very lively and vibrant with a dense and rich center palate. Lots of complexity and balance with pastry,...
Champagne Blend Japanese Whiskey White Bordeaux 2006
The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn't unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as 'blanc de blanc', meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or 'blanc de noir', which is made solely with Pinot Noir.
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.
France is widely known as being the home of many of the world's finest white wines, and within France, the name which rings out across the wine world and is always associated with excellence of quality and flavor is Bordeaux. The white wines of the magnificent Bordeaux region are typically blended, and rely on the winemaker's skill and expertise to achieve the fine balance between the primary grape varietals used. Most blended white Bordeaux wines are made up of Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon and Muscadelle varietals, although there are actually nine grapes officially allowed by French wine law for the inclusion in Bordeaux white wines. The other six are Sauvignon Gris, Merlot Blanc, Ugni Blanc, Colombard, Ondenc and Mauzac, although the use of these other grapes has been in steady decline over the past century.