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White
750ml
Bottle: $18.00
12 bottles: $17.10
Firm and well structured, with fine concentration for a silky wine. There are yellow apple, nectarine and hominy...
WE
90
White
750ml
Bottle: $18.00
12 bottles: $17.10
Fruity entrée, with flavors of white flowers, apple, green pears, and subtle nuances of herbs. Fine acidity, bright...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $45.60 $48.00
Rich and generous gruner with notes of caramel, apricots and marmalade. Toasted spices, too. It’s full-bodied and...
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93
WE
92
White
750ml
Bottle: $24.50
12 bottles: $24.01
Thal is the site of some of the Hiedler family’s first vineyards, which they have been cultivating since 1856. Thal...
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White
500ml
Bottle: $39.94
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White
375ml
Bottle: $13.94
12 bottles: $13.66
Smoke and brioche aromas. Elegant palate with subtle stony, iodine notes. Squeaky clean, with a salty delicacy.
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93
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White
375ml
Bottle: $9.94 $11.00
Unique aromas of dried apples, lemon blossom, almonds and cream. Hints of seaweed. Full-bodied, yet focused and tight...
JS
94
WS
91
White
500ml
Bottle: $27.94
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White
750ml
Bottle: $17.94
12 bottles: $16.63
A very attractive fruit bouquet yields apple, peach and citrus aromas along with atypical Veltliner spiciness and a...
White
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $60.20
6 bottles: $59.00
Appetizing notes of green and yellow pear and even a touch of yellow plum play on the nose of this wine. The palate...
WE
91
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90
White
750ml
Bottle: $34.93
6 bottles: $34.23
This has aromas of lemon tea, grapefruit, white beans and hazelnuts. Creamy and full-bodied with excellent density....
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92
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90
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White
1.0Ltr
Bottle: $14.62 $16.25
12 bottles: $13.71
Aromas of banana, nectarine, and spiced melon with a racy, dry-yet-fruity light-to-medium body and a tangy lime and...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $16.20 $18.00
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White
500ml
Bottle: $35.94 $37.20
Some fresh-treacle and spun-sugar aromas with orange rind and a sweet, toasty and woody edge. This is quite fresh and...
JS
94
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93
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White
500ml
Bottle: $27.94 $30.00
Dusty toffee and dried stone-fruit aromas are pure and inviting. This is ultra crisp and fresh, with ripping acidity....
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92
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92
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White
500ml
Bottle: $28.93 $30.00
González Obregón’s wines occupy a central place in Lustau’s Almacenista line. Three of its eight labels are...
W&S
93
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91
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White
500ml
Bottle: $29.94 $31.20
The non-vintage Oloroso Pata de Gallina, Almacenista Garcia Jarana, also a dark amber, offers smoke, earth, and...
WA
91
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White
750ml
Bottle: $16.94 $18.34
This is brown-gold in color, its maple, chocolate and raisin aromas extending onto the smooth, layered palate. Toasty...
WE
92
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90
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White
375ml
Bottle: $10.94 $11.70
The non-vintage Dry Amontillado Los Arcos Solera Reserva reveals a medium amber hue along with a nutty, honeyed, dry...
WA
93
JS
92
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White
750ml
Bottle: $21.94 $24.40
In spite of the massive tarte-tatin character in the nose, this is mouth-filling but bone dry and powerful with a...
W&S
92
JS
92

Gruner Veltliner Mencia Sherry

Gruner Veltliner is a pale skinned white wine grape varietal most closely associated with central European countries such as Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In recent years, it has spread somewhat to several New World countries, where it is becoming gradually more popular and regularly seen in wine stores. One of the main attractions of this grape varietal for winemakers is the fact that it is highly versatile, and can be used for the production of several different wine styles, including young, dry white wines, excellent sparkling wines, and it is also a grape varietal which is well suited for aging Gruner Veltliner has the ability to express much of its terroir, and the best examples are generally those which are full of delightfully mineral-rich flavors alongside the more usual notes of citrus fruits and peach.

Sherry is made in a unique way using the solera system, which blends fractional shares of young wine from oak barrels with older, more mature wines. Sherry has no vintage date because it is blended from a variety of years. Rare, old sherries can contain wine that dates back 25 to 50 years or more, the date the solera was begun. If a bottle has a date on it, it probably refers to the date the company was founded.

Most sherries begin with the Palomino grape, which enjoys a generally mild climate in and around the triad of towns known as the "Sherry Triangle" and grows in white, limestone and clay soils that look like beach sand. The Pedro Ximenez type of sweet sherry comes from the Pedro Ximenez grape.

Sherry is a "fortified" wine, which means that distilled, neutral spirits are used to fortify the sherry. The added liquor means that the final sherry will be 16 to 20 percent alcohol (higher than table wines) and that it will have a longer shelf life than table wines.