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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $82.48
6 bottles: $68.00
Very floral on the nose with honeysuckle, rose petals, and violets, all over pear and lychee fruit. The palate is dry...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $82.48
6 bottles: $68.00
Beautiful aromas of daffodil, hay, and dried flowers are elegant. The satin texture is smooth with just a touch of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $30.95
12 bottles: $30.33
From a 60-80-year-old vineyard with granitic soil. 50% foot-stomped, 50% hand de-stemmed with zaranda, fermented in...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $29.89
The 2021 Hub, named after jazz trumpet player Freddie Hubbard because the wine comes from a higher and rockier place...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $59.94
12 bottles: $49.94
The pure Cinsault 2021 Miles was dedicated to Miles Davis and produced with grapes from an old vineyard in the zone...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $37.50
The single-vineyard Cinsault 2021 Monk comes from a rented vineyard in Guarilihue-Tiajacura on silt and iron soils...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $64.94
12 bottles: $59.94
The single-vineyard Cinsault 2021 Newk was named for musician Sonny Rollins Newk, for Parra, the wildest jazz...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $88.95
6 bottles: $87.17
The 2022 Pofadder is pure Cinsault from Swartland, 50% whole clusters with 20 to 28 days on the skins, raised in...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $64.15
6 bottles: $63.36
A light vanilla scent is echoed on the palate along with gentle hints of banana, coconut and custard, developing into...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.93
12 bottles: $17.57
He bottled his `05s at the end of March, but this one didn't seem sick at all! I mean TAYSTEE juice here; a fragrance...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.94
12 bottles: $19.54
He bottled his `05s at the end of March, but this one didn't seem sick at all! I mean TAYSTEE juice here; a fragrance...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.90
12 bottles: $16.56
The 2022 Cinsault Old Vines Ungrafted hails from the Itata Valley. Garnet with a purple sheen in the glass. The nose...
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Rapid Ship
Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $11.94
12 bottles: $10.94
This traditional grappa has a bright, crystal clear color. The aroma is fresh clean, well-balanced and delicately...
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $109.95
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $76.78
The pure Cinsault 2021 Miles was dedicated to Miles Davis and produced with grapes from an old vineyard in the zone...
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Case only
Long-term Pre-Arrival
Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $56.61
The single-vineyard Cinsault 2021 Monk comes from a rented vineyard in Guarilihue-Tiajacura on silt and iron soils...
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Cinsault Grappa Mencia Mencia

Like so many of the great spirits of Europe, Grappa was born from a need to make resources go that little bit further, to eke out the last drop of flavor and potential from the crops of winemakers. Indeed, Italian vintners invented Grappa as a way to make use of the pomace - leftover grape skins, stems, pulp and seeds - which remained after the juice was extracted from the fruit needed to make wine. Over the centuries, the process was refined, and the distillation of Grappa became an art in itself. Today, top Grappa producers use a range of state of the art equipment, from continuous stills to pot stills, to manufacture a wide variety of Grappas, each with their own distinct characteristics.


Most of us know Grappa from our local Italian restaurants, where it is commonly served as a digestif. However, in the twenty first century, there is a high interest in unique, boutique Grappas, which showcase the talent of the distillers through a range of interesting qualities. Grappa can be aged in oak, in which case it takes on a beautiful golden color, quite different from the clear Grappas we are most familiar with. The high end Grappas are a world away from the harsh spirit many of us have encountered, and have a smooth, gentle quality which can be nothing short of a revelation.