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Mas De Daumas Gassac Blanc 2020
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$56.97
A fragrant grapefruit and tangerine bouquet touched with scented pears and delicate spice. There’s weight and...
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Mas De Daumas Gassac Blanc 2021
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$70.08
This has aromas of white pepper, baked apple, pineapple, white tea, smoked almond and papaya. It’s medium-to...
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Mas De Daumas Gassac Blanc 2022
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$54.87
To be drunk young (in the first 18 months) to appreciate its magnificent minerality and very complex fruit aromas....
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Montes Purple Angel 2020
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$70.35
A consistent Purple Angel that really delivers the carmenere’s plushness when ripened well. Dark olives,...
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Mullineux White Blend Old Vines 2019
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$38.22
The 2019 White Old Vines was left without additional sulfur on its lees until spring and matured in foudres and...
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Mullineux White Blend Old Vines 2020
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$44.73
This has a ripe and complex nose of cooked lemon, apricot, papaya, shortcrust pastry, chamomile, juniper berries and...
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Mullineux White Blend Old Vines 2022
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$34.95
An aromatic, full-bodied white with aromas of mangoes, papayas, honeysuckle, grilled herbs and beeswax. Textural and...
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R. Lopez De Heredia Gravonia Blanco 2015
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$51.82
Aromas of dried apples, wax, blanched nuts, and lemon curd follow through to a medium to full body with serious...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$526.95
Limpid, brass-tinged yellow-gold. Highly pungent, heady aromas of orange pith, dried peach, iodine, jasmine, honey...
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R. Lopez De Heredia Tondonia Reserva Blanco 2012
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$120.95
Nuanced pine nuts, macadamia, white truffle, dried pineapple, seaweed and marzipan. Full and voluminous on the palate...
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Sadie Family Palladius 2016
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$160.62
This inspired wine is the product of 10 different varieties grown on three main soil types in the Paardeberg:...
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Sadie Family Palladius 2017
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$147.81
Impressively graceful, moving confidently across the palate. The firm but well-integrated acidity links notes of...
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Sadie Family Skerpioen 2019
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$126.02
Skerpioen is quite a place: a wind-swept, seashore vineyard with sand and limestone soils that makes one of the...
Carmenere Mencia Rum White Blend
The deep blue colored grapes of the Carmenere varietal have their origins in France, where they are still listed as one of the elite grape varietals allowed by French law for the use in Bordeaux wines, generally regarded to be the finest in the world. However, the use of Carmenere grapes in France has been dwindling for many decades now, and it has been in several New World countries where they have seen their renaissance. Although still mostly used as a blending grape, single variety Carmenere wines are greatly sought after as a result of their deep, complex aromas, stunning blood red color and the fact that the grapes, when processed at optimum ripeness, carry some fascinating flavors, including chocolate, tobacco, and spicy cherry notes.
It is difficult to categorize rum as a single spirit, because of all the spirits found around the globe, rum is perhaps the one which varies most dramatically from place to place. Clear, white rum - a favorite for cocktail drinkers - is perhaps the most prevalent example found today, but there is a whole world of darker, spiced and molasses-rich rums to explore, thanks to the fascinating history and wide reach this drink has.
Rum came about during the colonial times, when sugar was a huge and world-changing business. The molasses left over from the sugar production industry could easily be distilled into a delicious alcoholic drink, and provided extra income for the sugar traders. Before long, it became a favorite of sailors and transatlantic merchants, and it quickly spread across the Caribbean and Latin America, where it remains highly popular today.
The production of rum is a basic and simple one - you take your molasses, add yeast and water, and then ferment and distil the mixture. However, as is often the case, the devil is in the detail. The variation in yeasts found from place to place, the maturation period, the length of the fermentation and the type of stills and barrels used provide the rainbow-colored variation that gives rum its spectrum of styles and characteristics.