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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $65.94
The acidity of the Riesling grape keeps this sweet dessert wine in balance with notes of honey and caramel.
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $20.48
A succession of notes of citrus (grapefruit, lemon) and white flowers. The attack is prolonged, the mouth stands out...
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750ml
Bottle: $12.94
12 bottles: $12.68
Roger Labbe’s Abymes is 100% Jacquère, a varietal that grows especially well in the Savoie region of France. While...
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375ml
Bottle: $35.75 $36.40
12 bottles: $35.04
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $92.94 $97.79
Amazing depth of colour and outstanding red berry flavours, particularly strawberry, lend this red Icewine to pair...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $70.99 $76.94
This is a glorious icewine where acidity and sugar are in perfect harmony. The candied orange peel, ginger, straw and...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $66.94 $74.20
The 2019 Gold Vidal Icewine was fermented and aged for about 14 weeks in 90% new French oak. It comes in with 272...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $14.30
12 bottles: $14.01
100% Jacquère. The Abymes appellation sits lower and the slope than the Apremont and is on generally flatter land....
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White
750ml
Bottle: $14.94 $16.25
12 bottles: $14.25
100% Jacquère. The cru of Apremont is planted on steeper slopes in comparison with Abymes. Stainless steel...
White
750ml
Bottle: $20.40
12 bottles: $19.99
This wine opens with soft notes of white flowers and peach, with a slightly weighty mid pallet, and a finish that...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $340.28
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $326.28

Ice Wine Jacquere Japanese Whiskey Wine

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.