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Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.94
12 bottles: $13.66
COLOR: Intense, dark ruby red. NOSE: Notes of black fruit, blackberry and strawberries, flowers and herbs. FLAVOR:...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.94 $20.72
COLOR: Ruby red color with purple highlights. NOSE: The bouquet on the nose is intense and rich, with luscious fruity...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.57 $15.08
Aromas of black olives, wild herbs and plums. Medium-bodied with silky tannins. Driving acidity with some rather...
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $42.75 $45.00
Brown spice, crushed fall leaves cherry sauce and a lifting hint of fresh mint form a darkly alluring bouquet as the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $20.24 $22.72
Brown spice, crushed fall leaves cherry sauce and a lifting hint of fresh mint form a darkly alluring bouquet as the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $42.72
6 bottles: $42.00
The 2010 Montefalco Sagrantino Sacer is dark and imposing in the glass. An air of crushed rocks gives way to balsamic...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $11.89 $13.35
Cracked chalk, wild herbs and tart black cherries define the bouquet of the 2018 Rosso. It's soft-textured and lifted...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $14.30
Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.00
12 bottles: $16.66
COLOR: Ruby red in color tending to garnet with age. NOSE: The bouquet on the nose is characterized by notes of ripe...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $25.92
6 bottles: $25.40
COLOR: Red ruby color. NOSE: The bouquet on the nose is intense and complex with notes of ripe fruits, leather,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $28.93 $29.60
12 bottles: $28.35
Red
750ml
Bottle: $48.90
12 bottles: $47.92
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $31.75 $35.28
6 bottles: $31.20
Single-crop Nerello Mascalese, native variety grown in free-standing and espalier over 12 hectares of vines at an...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $49.10
6 bottles: $48.11
This shows crazy aromas of blueberry, jasmine, elderberries, minerals and nutmeg. Medium-bodied with lots of crunchy...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $49.75 $55.28
Smoked meat, volcanic ash, licorice and wild cherries. It’s medium-bodied with fine, silky tannins. Delightfully...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $22.31
12 bottles: $21.86
Lots of blackberry and asphalt aromas and flavors. Medium body, round and creamy tannins and a juicy finish....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.90 $16.74
12 bottles: $11.52
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $11.94 $12.57
70% Montepulciano & 30% Sangiovese. Fermented in stainless steel and aged four months in steel & six months in bottle...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $25.95
12 bottles: $25.43
100% Montepulciano. Concrete Rosso comes from across all four of De Fermo's certified-biodynamic Montepulciano...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $65.94
12 bottles: $64.62
Smooth and laced with plum, blackberry, leather and mineral aromas and flavors, this red combines power and elegance....
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Italian Red Blends Japanese Whiskey Mondeuse

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.