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375ml
Bottle:
$14.89
$15.55
12 bottles:
$14.77
A perfect introduction to Sauternes, this has very nice dried-papaya and mango character, creamy richness and...
750ml
Bottle:
$35.94
A perfect introduction to Sauternes, this has very nice dried-papaya and mango character, creamy richness and...
375ml
Bottle:
$39.94
$43.20
24 bottles:
$39.90
Pale lemon-gold colored, the 2016 Climens is a little youthfully mute, revealing notions of ripe peaches, mango and...
375ml
Bottle:
$23.94
$26.20
One of the top sweet wines in this report is the 2016 Château Coutet, which has the vintage’s plush, opulent style...
375ml
Bottle:
$225.18
$250.20
The 2016 Chateau d’Yquem is pure magic and dessert wines don’t get much better. Offering a pale gold color as...
375ml
Bottle:
$211.95
$235.50
The 2016 Chateau d’Yquem is pure magic and dessert wines don’t get much better. Offering a pale gold color as...
750ml
Bottle:
$468.00
The 2016 Chateau d’Yquem is pure magic and dessert wines don’t get much better. Offering a pale gold color as...
375ml
Bottle:
$29.94
93–95. Barrel Sample. This almost dry wine is full of botrytized fruit tones. Well balanced, it is likely to turn...
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...
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...
375ml
Bottle:
$39.20
A step up over the Carmes de Rieussec, the beautiful 2016 Château Rieussec has remarkable purity and freshness while...
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...
Pre-Arrival
Chateau Climens Barsac 2016
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$67.94
Pale lemon-gold colored, the 2016 Climens is a little youthfully mute, revealing notions of ripe peaches, mango and...
Pre-Arrival
Chateau Coutet Sauternes Barsac 2016
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$39.95
One of the top sweet wines in this report is the 2016 Château Coutet, which has the vintage’s plush, opulent style...
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Chateau Coutet Sauternes Barsac 2016
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$42.27
One of the top sweet wines in this report is the 2016 Château Coutet, which has the vintage’s plush, opulent style...
Pre-Arrival
Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes 2016
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$1101.76
The 2016 Chateau d’Yquem is pure magic and dessert wines don’t get much better. Offering a pale gold color as...
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Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes 2016
375ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$206.83
The 2016 Chateau d’Yquem is pure magic and dessert wines don’t get much better. Offering a pale gold color as...
Pre-Arrival
Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes 2016
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$384.78
The 2016 Chateau d’Yquem is pure magic and dessert wines don’t get much better. Offering a pale gold color as...
Pre-Arrival
Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes 2016
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$405.22
The 2016 Chateau d’Yquem is pure magic and dessert wines don’t get much better. Offering a pale gold color as...
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Chateau De Fargues Sauternes 2016
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$174.95
A barrel sample, the 2016 de Fargues has a pale lemon color and quite a profoundly scented nose at this nascent...
Ice Wine Rum Semillon/sauvignon Blanc
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.