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Red
375ml
Bottle: $26.94
12 bottles: $26.40
A beautiful, vintage-dated tawny that straddles the fruit of a young port with the nutty and walnut character of a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $39.89
A beautiful, vintage-dated tawny that straddles the fruit of a young port with the nutty and walnut character of a...
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Red
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $211.21
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750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $205.30
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Red
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $1266.25
Saturated ruby to the rim. Outstanding floral lift to the aromas of cassis, licorice, menthol and pungent...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $159.91
Bright red-ruby. Enticing aromas of cassis, black cherry, licorice and wild herbs. Dense, layered and deep; at once...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $511.21
A more mineral, floral-tinged style in this vintage, with blueberry and blackberry fruits, beautifully aromatic if a...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $115.37
Nose: Floral Notes of Violets & Cassis, Red & Black Cherry Fruit. Palate: Rich, Plush Mouthfeel, Crushed Red Cherries...
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Red
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $1161.70
The 2009 Promontory is a magnificent Bordeaux-styled red offering up notes of burning embers, scorched earth (not...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $111.08
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $65.91
Sweet berries, cherries, cedar and dried flowers on the nose. Some lemon and lime zest, too! Medium-to full-bodied...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $128.94
Such incredible aromatics on this wine, so much going on. Wildly perfumed, like wild meadow flowers with cherry,...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $137.21
Bright, saturated medium ruby. Black fruits, tobacco, licorice, wild herbs and an intriguing balsamic note on the...
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Red
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $632.28
A blend of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Cabernet Franc, 9% Merlot, 2% Petit Verdot and 2% Malbec, the 2009 La Joie...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $301.61
A blend of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Cabernet Franc, 9% Merlot, 2% Petit Verdot and 2% Malbec, the 2009 La Joie...
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Red
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $632.28
French for 'inspiration', La Muse is crafted primarily from Merlot fruit and represent a Pomerol-style wine. This...

Red Blend Rum 2009

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.