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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $59.94
12 bottles: $58.74
93–95. Barrel Sample. This almost dry wine is full of botrytized fruit tones. Well balanced, it is likely to turn...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $47.20
12 bottles: $46.26
Pale lemon-gold colored, the 2020 Doisy-Vedrines is a little closed to begin, opening out to reveal fragrant notes of...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $43.92
12 bottles: $43.04
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375ml
Bottle: $19.93
12 bottles: $19.53
Off dry, light body, medium acid. Palate is stewed pear, followed by honey, ginger and lemon zest.
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $58.95 $65.20
#4 Top100, 2008. Delivers lots of botrytis spice, with lemon tart and cooked apple. Full-bodied, with loads of cream...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $35.20
12 bottles: $34.50
Tasted as part of a vertical held at the chateau. It is clear that the aromatics on the 2008 are a little simpler and...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $74.85
The 2009 Guiraud is one of the gems of Sauternes this vintage, one of the finest offerings in recent years. It has a...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $35.90
12 bottles: $35.18
One of the top Sauternes in this report is the 2016 Château Guiraud, a brilliant wine from a more challenging...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $37.45
12 bottles: $36.70
Barrel Sample. Ripe, botrytized fruit currently dominates this wine with its rich concentration. It is a full and...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $54.94 $59.20
Barrel Sample. Ripe, botrytized fruit currently dominates this wine with its rich concentration. It is a full and...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $49.94
Wow. This has a seamless texture and wonderful depth of fruit with dried pineapple, pear and hints of honey. Full...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $33.94
12 bottles: $33.26
Brilliant golden robe. Attractive complex nose of acacias, white flowers, lemon, and a touch of honey. Light, fruity...
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750ml
Bottle: $38.25
12 bottles: $37.49
Pale to medium gold colored, the 2009 Carmes de Rieussec opens with evolving honey-coated almonds, lemon pie and...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $123.12 $136.80
Captivating, tangy aromas of vineyard peach, pear, white flowers and curry powder. Supple and very concentrated;...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $81.00 $90.00
93-96 Balanced and very spicy, with almond paste and apricot. Full-bodied, medium sweet, with a long, fruity, tangy...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $63.95 $71.10
95-96 I love the botrytis spice character to this wine with dried apricots and tropical fruits. It’s full bodied,...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $80.40
6 bottles: $79.20
A step up over the Carmes de Rieussec, the beautiful 2016 Château Rieussec has remarkable purity and freshness while...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $99.94 $115.94
Lovely noble rot aromas but quite modern in profile with freshness and energy. On the palate there is expressive and...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $48.94
12 bottles: $47.96
The 2009 Suduiraut, aged in 55% new oak, is surprisingly closed at first but it soon awakens with aeration and begins...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $64.95 $71.10
Tropical fruit flavours on the nose, caremelised pineapple with bright candied lemon alongside wonderfully sweet...
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Rum Semillon/sauvignon Blanc Trebbiano 12 Ship Free Items

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.

The Trebbiano varietal grape is a white wine grape originally from Italy, but which has been successfully planted and cultivated in several European countries, as well as in many parts of the New World. Although it is widely grown around the world, it remains relatively unknown to wine drinkers, perhaps because it has mostly been used traditionally as a blending varietal, and for the production of fortified wines. However, it is used very well in parts of Tuscany and elsewhere in Italy for single variety wines, where it is prized for its elegant character and beautiful citrus flavors, alongside floral aromas and a great expression of terroir. As such, Trebbiano wines often hold interesting mineral notes, making them fascinating and complex white wines perfect for matching with a wide range of foods.