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Verite La Joie 2009
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$305.10
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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Verite La Joie 2011
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$240.71
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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Verite La Joie 2012
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$263.45
The 2012 La Joie, which is a blend of 76% Cabernet, 12% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc and 4% Petit Verdot, blew me away....
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Verite La Joie 2013
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$277.11
The 2013 La Joie, which is 46% from Knights Valley, 32% from Chalk Hill and 22% from Alexander Valley, is a blend of...
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Verite La Joie 2014
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$261.45
The 2014 La Joie exudes freshness, energy and intensity. Black cherry, plum, licorice, lavender espresso and...
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Verite La Joie 2018
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$343.75
#43 in Top 100 Wines from USA, 2021. Blackberries, black mushrooms, violets, flowers, and dark tobacco. Black...
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Verite La Muse 1998
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$795.01
Another remarkable wine from the complicated inaugural vintage of Vérité. A blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet...
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Verite La Muse 2007
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$422.40
A perfect wine, this blend of 85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc and 5% Malbec emerges from Chalk Hill (48%), Knight’s...
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Verite La Muse 2008
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$356.88
A blend of 90% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc and 3% Malbec (52% Chalk Hill, 45% Alexander Mountain Estate and 3% Bennett...
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Verite La Muse 2011
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$239.34
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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Verite La Muse 2012
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$292.27
The 2012 La Muse, which is 85% Merlot, 11% Cabernet Franc and 4% Malbec, is a smaller cuvée of 1,840 cases. The wine...
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Verite La Muse 2013
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$300.42
The 2013 La Muse, like all of the 2013s, comes about one-third from Alexander Valley vineyards, 40-plus percent from...
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Verite La Muse 2014
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$277.45
The 2014 La Muse (2,800 cases ) is a legendary effort. The wine offers an opaque purple color and a gorgeous nose of...
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Verite La Muse 2018
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$430.35
A blend of 90% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc and 4% Malbec, the 2018 La Muse was matured 16 months in 100% new French oak...
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Verite Le Desir 2008
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$324.94
The fruit for this blend of 61% Cabernet Franc, 31% Merlot and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec came from Chalk...
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Verite Le Desir 2011
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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Verite Le Desir 2012
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$208.28
(14.2% alcohol; 64% cabernet franc, 24% merlot, 8% cabernet sauvignon and 4% malbec): Bright, deep ruby. Seriously...
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Verite Le Desir 2013
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$249.95
The 2013 Le Desir represents 2,500 cases. This is the softest of the three wines in 2013, and this blend of 61%...
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Verite Le Desir 2014
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$264.95
A blend of 53% Cabernet Franc, 21% Merlot, 21% Cabernet Sauvignon and the balance Malbec, the 2014 Le Desir is...
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Verite Le Desir 2018
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$372.30
The wine has a gorgeous nose. All botanicals, florals, berries, wet leaves, earth which is dewy and freshly turned....
American Whiskey Grillo Red Blend Verdelho United States California 750ml
The United States of America is a country of great cultural diversity, influenced by migrating nations from across the world. As such, its whiskey industry is a fascinating and complex one, which represents the range of regional differences found there.
The Irish were the original pioneers of American whiskey, and when they emigrated in their thousands from the old country, they brought their skills, knowledge and distillation techniques with them, to give them something to remind each other of home in the New World. This is why American whiskey goes by the Irish spelling, with the additional ‘e’, and why many traditional American whiskies closely resemble the original Irish style.
Today, there are several different types of American whiskey, and the styles and production techniques are now set out in US federal law, cementing a set of characteristics and production methods to preserve and protect the industry.
Corn whiskey, which is made from a minimum 80% corn in the mash and aged for a short period, is probably the most historic of the American whiskey styles, but others like rye whiskey, which is made from a minimum of 51% rye and aged in charred barrels, are growing in popularity among a new generation of drinkers looking for something unique, interesting and independently produced. Alongside these styles, we find Tennessee whiskey, which uses maple charcoal for sweeter notes, the softer wheat whiskies, the world-dominating Bourbon whiskies, and others which are peculiar to specific states and regions.
Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.
California as a wine producing region has grown in size and importance considerably over the past couple of centuries, and today is the proud producer of more than ninety percent of the United States' wines. Indeed, if California was a country, it would be the fourth largest producer of wine in the world, with a vast range of vineyards covering almost half a million acres. The secret to California's success as a wine region has a lot to do with the high quality of its soils, and the fact that it has an extensive Pacific coastline which perfectly tempers the blazing sunshine it experiences all year round. The winds coming off the ocean cool the vines, and the natural valleys and mountainsides which make up most of the state's wine regions make for ideal areas in which to cultivate a variety of high quality grapes.