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Bottle: $29.07 $30.60
Ideal for Manhattans and other cocktails, this 95% rye has a malty profile that mixes vanilla, crème brûlée, and a...
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750ml
Bottle: $38.76 $40.80
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Massively spicy and peppery on the nose, with layers of baking spice, vanilla, and apricot swirling underneath. The...
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Bottle: $58.13 $61.19
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Clear golden amber color. Baked aromas of chocolate cake, toasted coconut, and plums soaked in maple syrup, pecan...
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Bottle: $63.15 $66.47
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750ml
Bottle: $44.92 $47.28
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A bouquet of nectarine skin, brass, and peach blossom are lifted. The savory flavors expand over the palate with...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $106.48 $112.08
6 bottles: $99.00
This full, exceptionally smooth rye bears aromas and notes of ginger, vanilla, honey, black pepper, charred oak and...
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Bottle: $49.08
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This Empire Rye is made with rye and barley grown on Coppersea's property, as well as that of neighboring farms. The...
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750ml
Bottle: $44.91 $47.27
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Crown Royal Northern Harvest pops up out of nowhere and changes the game,...It certainly puts the rye into Canadian...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $46.74 $49.20
Made with a mix of 80% rye and 20% malt, this whiskey is scented with honey and hops. The palate is distinctly drying...
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Bottle: $66.51 $70.01
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750ml
Bottle: $104.77 $110.28
6 bottles: $100.80
Commencing with cherry oak, almond and vanilla, the middle to finish with a hint of anise, notes of woody spices, and...
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750ml
Bottle: $36.32 $38.23
12 bottles: $28.05
#7 in the 2020 Top 20. Elijah Craig always impresses with value, but until now has been confined to bourbon. This...
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Field & Sound Bottled in Bond Straight Rye Whiskey is distilled by Long Island Spirits on the North Fork of Long...
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750ml
Bottle: $43.70 $46.00
A little aeration time coaxes out a mellow vanilla scent. As with its Bourbon counterpart, this rye is aged in...
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750ml
Bottle: $69.54 $73.20
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $51.30 $54.00
12 bottles: $47.88
Expected spiciness highlighted at 100 proof, yet grounded with rich flavors of nougat, dark chocolate and dried red...
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Spirit Gamay Ruche Rye Whiskey

The French wines of Beaujolais are widely regarded as some of the finest table wines in the world. This is due in part to the qualities of the Gamay grape, from which they are made. Gamay produces beautifully, juicy, rounded and gulpable red wines, usually drank young and full of their natural fruit character. However, it would be a mistake to say that Gamay is limited to easy-drinking, soft wines - it’s a highly flexible and versatile grape, capable of producing aged wines of serious complexity and structure, full of expression and fascinating characteristics.


The majority of Gamay wines from France are labeled under Beaujolais Villages or Beaujolais, and these are the standard table wines we’re used to seeing in French restaurants, at bistros, and at our local wine store. Usually great value for money, these are the light, slightly acidic examples of what the grape can do. Far more interesting are those Gamay wines from the 10 cru villages, just north of Beaujolais, where generations of expertise and a unique soil type made up of granitic schist result in far more unique, complicated wines. The best examples of Gamay feature intense aromatics, all black fruit and forest fare, and are worth cellaring for a few years.

Rye Whiskey is enjoying something of a renaissance of late, with sales rocketing in recent years thanks to a growing interest in strong, unique flavors, and small, independent distilleries. Rye Whiskey is a drink which is all about powerful, bold flavors, with plenty of spice and bitterness when drunk young. Aged, however, it takes on a deep set of subtle notes which are beautifully mellow and complex, and becomes a fascinating example of what whiskey can be when made with expert hands.

In order for an American Whiskey to be labeled a Rye Whiskey, it must have a mash content which is no less than fifty one percent rye. This separates it from Bourbon, and it is this which gives it its distinctive flavor and spiciness. Toffee, cinnamon, caraway, cloves and oak are typical tasting notes, and ‘straight rye’ whiskies - which are aged in charred oak barrels - take on plenty of the smokiness of the wood, adding a further, fascinating facet.

Rye Whiskey has its spiritual home in the northeastern states of Pennsylvania and Maryland, and cities like Pittsburgh produced vast quantities of Rye Whiskey in the 18th and 19th centuries. Most the old distilleries were closed during the prohibition era, after which time rye whiskey more or less disappeared completely, but the twenty-first century is seeing old recipes being resurrected and released to rave reviews.