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An intensely complex nose loaded with botanicals and lime zest has underlying savory notes of black pepper. The...
750ml
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The 2021 Mourvèdre is another archetypal example of the variety from Andremily, where winemaker Jim Binns manages to...
750ml
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Quite light in the glass, this bottling pops on the nose with fresh berry aromas that are leveled by a crushed rock...
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Ancient Vines Mourvèdre offers distinct chocolate characteristics, luscious deep plum, and concentrated cherry. This...
375ml
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Clear color. Bright, citrusy, herbal aromas of lemon-orange marmalade, cinnamon spice cake, herbal honey, and pink...
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Clear color. Bright, citrusy, herbal aromas of lemon-orange marmalade, cinnamon spice cake, herbal honey, and pink...
750ml
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TOP 100 SPIRITS 2018. This exciting newcomer is complex in aromas of spice and lime, while the palate explodes with...
375ml
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Intricately woven aromas and flavors of baked apple, dried apricot, orange blossom and freshly toasted almonds. Rich...
750ml
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Direct and bold in its juniper delivery and done so beautifully with vibrant notes of citrus, celery, and rich grain...
750ml
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Mourvèdre from two high-elevation vineyards in the Sierra Foothills - Cedarville and Sumu Kaw. Hank Beckmeyer knows...
750ml
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The Cedarville is always light in color It shows lots of citrus in the nose, along with plum and granite soil. An...
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TOP 100 SPIRITS 2019. Spicy and bracing, this gin bursts open with coriander and juniper, backed by citrus. Each sip...
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For those who prefer a sweet cast to their gins, this one is a winner. The grapefruit-like, almost candy-like scent...
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For those who prefer a sweet cast to their gins, this one is a winner. The grapefruit-like, almost candy-like scent...
375ml
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For those who prefer a sweet cast to their gins, this one is a winner. The grapefruit-like, almost candy-like scent...
375ml
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For those who prefer a sweet cast to their gins, this one is a winner. The grapefruit-like, almost candy-like scent...
750ml
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For those who prefer a sweet cast to their gins, this one is a winner. The grapefruit-like, almost candy-like scent...
750ml
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Black Muscat, another under appreciated muscat variety, is known in Europe as a table grape variety, Muscat Hamburg,...
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Essensia is a full-bodied sweet wine made with Orange Muscat grapes. The experience of Essensia is unmistakable: a...
Dessert Wine Gin Mourvedre Port Blend United States California
Mourvèdre is a fascinating and ancient grape varietal, thought to have been introduced to Spain by the ancient Phoenicians over two thousand years ago. Since then, it has found a home in many regions of France, and has gone on to be a key grape varietal in the New World, where it is often blended with Grenache and Syrah varietals to make a beautifully rounded and balanced red wine. The Mourvèdre grape itself is renowned for holding a complex set of flavours, which are often described as meaty or gamey, with plenty of bramble fruit notes. As such, they are often served with dark meats, and are enjoyed in many countries across the globe. The grapes are not the easiest to cultivate, as they require plenty of sunshine alongside well irrigated soil. However, their quality and unique attributes mean that wineries all over the globe continue to persevere with this special varietal.
Port wine is Portugal’s great gift to the world. Coming from the ancient harbour capital city of Porto and the surrounding Douro Valley region, Port wine has been made by Portuguese vintners for at least four hundred years, although viticulture has been continually happening in the area for well over two thousand years. Port is a fortified wine, meaning it is a wine which has been bolstered by the addition of grape brandy. Originally, this was used as a method of preservation, allowing the delicate Portuguese wines to survive the journey by sea to trading partners in the UK and France. However, the wonderful taste and unique character the fortification process lends to the wine soon became massively popular, and before long, this new wine style was a hit all across Europe.
Unlike some other fortified wines, Port is made by adding brandy before the wine itself has completed its fermentation. The result of this is that plenty of the grapes’ natural sweetness is maintained in the barrel, meaning it is exceptionally smooth and rounded on the palate. Port comes in many different styles - Tawny Port wines are prized for their richness and mellow character, Reserve and Late Bottled Ports are full of fruit flavor. Vintage Port is a complex, wonderful thing - capable of standing up to some of the finest wines in the world when it comes to depth of flavor and fascinating features.
Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.
California as a wine producing region has grown in size and importance considerably over the past couple of centuries, and today is the proud producer of more than ninety percent of the United States' wines. Indeed, if California was a country, it would be the fourth largest producer of wine in the world, with a vast range of vineyards covering almost half a million acres. The secret to California's success as a wine region has a lot to do with the high quality of its soils, and the fact that it has an extensive Pacific coastline which perfectly tempers the blazing sunshine it experiences all year round. The winds coming off the ocean cool the vines, and the natural valleys and mountainsides which make up most of the state's wine regions make for ideal areas in which to cultivate a variety of high quality grapes.