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750ml
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$199.94
$224.94
Deep gold color. Lovely opening aroma is delicately spicy and brown rice-like in its grain intensity. In the mouth,...
750ml
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$18.94
12 bottles:
$18.56
Intense ruby red color. Distinct, characteristic bouquet with evident notes of raspberry and wild berries. A...
750ml
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$19.90
12 bottles:
$19.50
Straw-yellow colour with fresh floral, citrus and melon aromas, and notes of minerals and almonds. A dry,...
750ml
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$57.00
$60.00
This unique release from Eigashima Shuzo is a sherry cask finished version of their classic blended Akashi whisky...
750ml
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$40.18
$43.20
12 bottles:
$38.76
The nose is slightly fruity with hints of lemon, cherry, toffee, oats and sea air. The palate is perfectly clean &...
750ml
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$98.89
$102.00
6 bottles:
$98.40
Salted caramel, yellow apple, brown sugar, angelica fruits, mild peat.
1.125Ltr
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$98.40
This product was made with excellent design, amazing taste, and complexity. The cats show the true japenese culture...
750ml
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$100.31
$105.59
This special edition cask strength release is solid. Has hints of youthfulness, while showing some aged quality as...
750ml
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$49.66
$52.27
This small-batch whisky has a mild, almost neutral aroma and silky, spiced palate. Each sip opens with cinnamon and...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$149.94
$169.94
Named after a 16th century daimyo in feudal Japan, the mizunara oak influence on the nose is distinctive, with aromas...
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Bruno Giacosa Roero Arneis 2020
750ml - Case of 6
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$48.70
The Giacosa family does a great job with its high-end wines and its entry-level products alike. The 2020 Roero Arneis...
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Bruno Giacosa Roero Arneis 2021
750ml - Case of 6
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$36.42
A richer and rounder-textured Arneis with medium to full body. Lemon and spicy pear. Some cooked apple, too. Really...
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Bruno Giacosa Roero Arneis 2022
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$37.83
Energetic and bright with sliced green apples, mangoes and citrus with some honeysuckle. It’s medium- to...
375ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$323.03
Arneis Ice Wine Japanese Whiskey Pinot Nero
The Arneis white wine grape varietal is a native fruit of the beautiful northern region of Piedmont, in Italy. Whilst it has had great success over recent decades in several New World countries, Arneis has been cultivated for centuries in northern Italy, where it is recognized as one of the most representative grapes of the region. Arneis has long been used as a blending grape, due to its highly aromatic character, but it is becoming more and more common to see single variety bottles made using this grape. At its best, Arneis produces beautifully full bodied white wines, packed full of orchard fruit and apricot flavors, with a fine crispness and acidic punch. However, it is a notoriously difficult grape to cultivate successfully, hence its name which translates as 'little rascal'.
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.