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White
750ml
Bottle: $16.92 $18.80
This Godello is a full and dry yet refreshing example of this noble Iberian white variety.
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $51.07 $51.79
6 bottles: $51.00
From Adi Badenhorst, Swartland's savoury, mineral and meaty tones chime though here, the fruit taken from a single...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $16.89 $18.34
100% Godello • from various midslope plots with south and southwest exposition • slate soils • Hand-harvested...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $24.00
Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.20
12 bottles: $18.82
Cinsault and Pais.
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White
750ml
Bottle: $19.90
12 bottles: $19.50
Aged 10 months in Stainless steel tanks with periodic battonage. Then aged for an additional month in bottle before...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $26.40
12 bottles: $25.08
One of Xurxo's projects outside of Rías Baixas - with a friend's vineyard in Valdeorras. From the 2022 vintage and...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $29.90 $32.88
6 bottles: $29.30
A delicately aromatic white wine displaying layered notes of lavender, citrus blossom, and kumquat with hints of...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $10.53 $11.70
Clean pale yellow color. Nose fruity, persistent and elegant aromas. Good backbone on the palate.
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $24.90 $27.60
Cinsault from the historic Bechtold Vineyard in the Mokelumne River AVA of Lodi. The twenty-five acre own-rooted...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $21.94
Pale yellow to the eye, this wine has honeydew melon, apricot and smoke aromas. Vivid peach and yellow-plum flavors...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $22.80
An intense and complex nose of ripe fruits, lime, fennel and mint. The apple, melon and peach fruit flavors carry on...
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White
750ml - Case of 4
Bottle: $45.03
The nose highlights its aromatic intensity and great personality with citrus, pink grapefruit, fennel, mint and a...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $22.94
12 bottles: $22.48
The white 2021 Ultreia Godello shows freshness, restraint, balance and good freshness, with a very low pH of 3.19. It...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $13.94
Color: Bright and straw yellow with green highlights. Bouquet: Pleasant hints of white flowers and peach. Taste:...
White
750ml
Bottle: $32.95
6 bottles: $32.29
100% Godello from 30 year old vines in red clay soils. Grapes are destemmed and left on the skins for 24 hours....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $25.01
12 bottles: $24.50
The 2021 Cinsault is from a nice vintage, cool and with healthy grapes that ripened well. It comes from a 65-year-old...
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Spirit
750ml
Bottle: $43.32 $45.60
6 bottles: $40.80
A double distillation is done before the third distillation, a quick black corn maceration is applied in which the...
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Cinsault Falanghina Godello Insolia Tequila Wine

Tequila is probably Mexico’s greatest gift to the world of fine spirits, and is also possibly one of the most underestimated and misunderstood drinks in the world. Widely used for shots and slammers, and more often than not associated with parties and hangovers, Tequila is in fact a wonderful drink full of subtleties and expression of terroir, that is highly rewarding for those who look into its finer points.

One of the special things about Tequila is the fact that it is capable of expressing the fine nuances and subtle notes of its raw material, far more so than other, similar spirits. That raw material is, of course, the Blue Agave - not a cactus, as is commonly believed, but rather a succulent quite like a lily, which grows in the deserts of Mexico mainly around the province of Jalisco. The Blue Agave takes a decade to mature, and during those ten years, it takes in many of the features of its surroundings, just like a grapevine would. This is why Tequila varies in flavor and aroma from region to region, from the earthier Tequilas of the lowlands, to the more delicate and floral examples from areas of a higher altitude.

The picking and peeling of the spiky Agave, and the distillation process of Tequila is a complicated one, and one which is carried out with enormous skill by the jimadors and master craftsmen who produce the spirit. Steam cooking of the body of the plant is followed by crushing, then fermentation and distillation completes the process. The end product is categorized according to whether or not it is made with pure (‘puro’) agave, or blended with other sugars, and according to how long the spirit is aged for.