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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $38.26 $40.27
Golden amber color. Aromas and flavors of dark caramelized nuts, sassafras float, coffee ice cream, coconut custard,...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $61.19
6 bottles: $57.59
Clear color. Aromas and flavors of celery, cider apples, pressed flowers, and sweet taro custard with a velvety,...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $208.62 $219.60
Amber color. Aromas of toffee coated popcorn, peanuts, warm Madeira cake, and prunes with a satiny, lively,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $36.08
12 bottles: $29.28
Color: Deep Dark Midnight Purple Card with Red Hues | Nose: The nose is fruity rich with dark plum aromas | Palate:...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $34.83
12 bottles: $34.13
Full bodied and fruity, with viscous jammy intensity, this is a gulpable red brimming in fleshy black fruit.
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $47.88 $50.40
6 bottles: $46.20
Excellent, Highly Recommended - 2020 ULTIMATE SPIRITS CHALLENGE
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $62.70 $66.00
6 bottles: $57.60
The mild aroma shows the faintest whiff of dried herbs. That herbaceous quality is more pronounced on palate, reading...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $58.60 $61.68
6 bottles: $49.50
Earthy aromas of pine and yellow fruits mix with vanilla. Sweet on the palate with brown sugar, vanilla syrup, and...
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96
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $95.99 $101.04
6 bottles: $90.36
Truly excellent tequila is something worth searching for, savoring, and celebrating. At 818, we bring you tequila...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $163.48 $172.08
3 bottles: $160.00
Truly excellent tequila is something worth searching for, savoring, and celebrating. At 818, we bring you tequila...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $41.88 $44.08
6 bottles: $31.50
Excellent, Highly Recommended - 2020 ULTIMATE SPIRITS CHALLENGE
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $51.38 $54.08
6 bottles: $40.50
TASTE: Ripe roasted agave flavor with notes of caramel and vanilla. AROMA: Vanilla, meringue, honey, and fruit...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $30.48
12 bottles: $29.87
This Syrah-driven blend offers a lot of pleasure for an excellent price. It is a camp out aromatically, with seared...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $38.65
6 bottles: $37.88
A perfumed nose of plums, black cherries, violet and paprika. Medium- to full-bodied with lovely ripe red and black...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $42.73 $44.88
12 bottles: $41.88
The 2018 Red Blend Redline is a blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Syrah, 13% Zinfandel, 6% Petite Sirah and 1%...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $39.94
12 bottles: $39.14
The lighter ruby-hued 2018 Bricco Rosso Centennial Mountain Vineyard offers up a pretty, Nebbiolo-like bouquet of...
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Spirits
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $55.80
Aromas of roasted agave and lime with delicate floral notes and bright sweet citrus. The palate is fresh and smooth...
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Spirits
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $62.10
An intense aroma of lemon leaf, pear, pineapple, and vanilla with deep notes of brioche and honey. Smooth flavors of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $31.94
12 bottles: $31.30
There are a couple of rare red wines under the "O Esteiro" label and this one is the blend - organically grown 33%...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $59.93
6 bottles: $58.73
Simply, unique. It needs a lot of aeration before tasting, otherwise it can show some rusticity due to some...
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Carmenere Red Blend Sylvaner Tequila Xarel-lo 12 Ship Free Items

The deep blue colored grapes of the Carmenere varietal have their origins in France, where they are still listed as one of the elite grape varietals allowed by French law for the use in Bordeaux wines, generally regarded to be the finest in the world. However, the use of Carmenere grapes in France has been dwindling for many decades now, and it has been in several New World countries where they have seen their renaissance. Although still mostly used as a blending grape, single variety Carmenere wines are greatly sought after as a result of their deep, complex aromas, stunning blood red color and the fact that the grapes, when processed at optimum ripeness, carry some fascinating flavors, including chocolate, tobacco, and spicy cherry notes.

Tequila is probably Mexico’s greatest gift to the world of fine spirits, and is also possibly one of the most underestimated and misunderstood drinks in the world. Widely used for shots and slammers, and more often than not associated with parties and hangovers, Tequila is in fact a wonderful drink full of subtleties and expression of terroir, that is highly rewarding for those who look into its finer points.

One of the special things about Tequila is the fact that it is capable of expressing the fine nuances and subtle notes of its raw material, far more so than other, similar spirits. That raw material is, of course, the Blue Agave - not a cactus, as is commonly believed, but rather a succulent quite like a lily, which grows in the deserts of Mexico mainly around the province of Jalisco. The Blue Agave takes a decade to mature, and during those ten years, it takes in many of the features of its surroundings, just like a grapevine would. This is why Tequila varies in flavor and aroma from region to region, from the earthier Tequilas of the lowlands, to the more delicate and floral examples from areas of a higher altitude.

The picking and peeling of the spiky Agave, and the distillation process of Tequila is a complicated one, and one which is carried out with enormous skill by the jimadors and master craftsmen who produce the spirit. Steam cooking of the body of the plant is followed by crushing, then fermentation and distillation completes the process. The end product is categorized according to whether or not it is made with pure (‘puro’) agave, or blended with other sugars, and according to how long the spirit is aged for.