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The lighter ruby-hued 2018 Bricco Rosso Centennial Mountain Vineyard offers up a pretty, Nebbiolo-like bouquet of...
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$83.20
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$78.34
The flagship from this great estate is the 2018 Sorella, a Cabernet Sauvignon-dominated blend (8% each of Cabernet...
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$78.00
Grand Vin is a wine of finesse and elegance that maintains fresh red and blue fruit flavors while exalting secondary...
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Nose of ripe black fruits, violet flowers layered with some spicy touches. On the palate it is bold and lively with...
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$18.00
The 2018 Barón de Magaña is a red blend produced with Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah from their oldest...
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$13.90
$15.04
A well-balanced, crowd-pleasing red, with a waft of smoky bacon fat winding through flavors of juicy black raspberry...
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$120.79
This has a polished nose of black olives, oyster shells, thyme, salted chocolate, graphite, black fruit and cassis....
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$144.00
"We don't have anything in mind about what the final blend will be each year," winemaker Andy Erickson said about...
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The 2018 vintage wasn’t, in fact, quite as extravagantly warm in Languedoc as it was in other regions; nonetheless...
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$19.60
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Based on Syrah and Grenache brought up mostly in concrete tanks, the 2018 Languedoc Prestige comes from older vines...
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$94.39
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$88.92
Lots of red and black fruits, spring flowers, candied orange, and violet notes emerge from the 2018 Red Blend High...
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$40.38
The name, in our "secret code", refers to the aromatic exuberance of the Grenache component in the wine. The 2018,...
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Aromas of ripe dark fruits, chocolate and a hint of sweet spices. On the palate it is bursting with sweet juicy...
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This is really classy with deep blackberry, violet and blueberry aromas and flavors. It’s full-bodied and super...
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$17.64
$19.60
Inky magenta. High-pitched red and blue fruit aromas are complemented by suggestions of candied flowers, allspice and...
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$13.87
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Robust and peppery, with dense tannins and abundant earth and black olive overtones to the core of wild berry...
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$17.50
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Dark ruby red in color with intense fruity aromas. Velvety on the palate with balanced flavors of pomegranate, tar,...
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$32.50
Dave Phinney’s Department 66 project is based in Maury, Richard Case and Bob Doyle running the winery in his...
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$18.34
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Brooding aromas of wet slate, tomato confit and boysenberry, along with lofty-turned earth notes and a pop of red...
Ice Wine Red Blend Semillon Tequila 2018
Semillon was, at one point not so long ago, widely believed to be one of the most grown grape varietals in the world. Whilst today the numbers of Semillon grapes has dropped considerably, it remains a widely planted grape with vineyards all over Europe and the New World dedicated to making the most of this special and flavorful varietal. The grapes are recognizable by their golden color, and the fact that they can take on a pinkish hue in particularly warm climates. The wines the Semillon grape produces are notably varied, and are often very crisp and dry, or sweet and soft, full of a wide range of flavors Commonly, dry Semillon wines are particularly citrus in flavor, with a delicate and summery bouquet. The vine is hardy and vigorous, and notable for being easy to grow and produce high yields from.
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.