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750ml
Bottle: $51.38
12 bottles: $50.35
The 2011 The Evil Twin is a blend of 65% Syrah and 35% Cabernet Sauvignon that was aged 22 months in 100% new French...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $40.92 $44.00
A traditional beauty that effuses iron, warm earth and savory tobacco leaves, together with plums, spices and orange...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $45.60 $48.00
The 2011 Venus La Universal showed surprisingly fresher than the 2012, even when it was an extremely dry and warm...
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Red
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $402.28
The 2011 Las Posadas is a relatively delicate wine for Howell Mountain, but the vines were pretty young back then....
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1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $1348.82
Extremely deep red with aromas and flavors that change all the time with blackberry, black raspberry, black licorice,...
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Red
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $216.95
Combining Malbec with Cabernet Sauvignon, this is always among the most ageworthy reds in Argentina. Cassis and plum...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $75.29
Combining Malbec with Cabernet Sauvignon, this is always among the most ageworthy reds in Argentina. Cassis and plum...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $307.48
An elegant and monolithic red, pure and powerful, with hints of lushness to the concentrated red plum, raspberry and...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $105.19
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $64.49
The 2011 QS is Tempranillo and Cabernet Sauvignon with small percentages of other French grapes fermented together...
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1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle: $117.71
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $45.60
A traditional beauty that effuses iron, warm earth and savory tobacco leaves, together with plums, spices and orange...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $72.70
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $137.21
The 2011 Cheval des Andes is at the same time riper but also has higher acidity than 2010 and is a slightly more...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $240.37
A stunning wine at 12 years on from a cool and raining vintage, winemakers recall it was hailing on the crush pad....
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $240.37
There were a little over 2,000 cases of the 2011 La Muse produced, and this Merlot-dominated beauty checks in as 89%...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $237.24
More mint, black cherry, mulberry, cedar, candied violet, and floral notes emerge from the 2011 Le Desir, and it...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $195.50
The 2011 Cobos Volturno is a blend of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Malbec from the oldest ungrafted Malbec vines...
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Japanese Whiskey Red Blend Refosco Mencia 2011

Whisky might not be the first thing that springs to mind when we think of Japanese fine produce, but over the past one hundred years, this fascinating and multi-faceted country has diligently forged a unique whisky identity which is growing in popularity, and which is entirely its own.

The story of Japanese whisky begins in 1918, when Masataka Taketsuru was sent to Scotland to undertake a tour of single malt distilleries in the Highlands, and bring home a knowledge of whisky and distillation skills. He returned full of inspiration, helped no doubt by his new Scottish wife, and alongside his friend, Shinjiro Torii, set up what would become a successful whisky industry.

Today, the Japanese whisky industry is spread over a relatively small handful of distilleries, which continue to use Scottish techniques and recipes, but with a hefty dose of distinctly Japanese experimentalism. This is displayed most obviously in the barrelling techniques the Japanese use - to create a distinctly Oriental set of tasting notes, native Japanese oakwood casks are used for ageing, alongside casks taken from plum wine producers, which impart a beautiful set of floral flavors to the whisky.

While some distilleries produce some excellent single malts, the majority of Japanese whiskies are blended, which reveals a unique set of flavors and aromas ranging from honeysuckle and orange blossom, to toffee and acetone.