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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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The flagship from this great estate is the 2018 Sorella, a Cabernet Sauvignon-dominated blend (8% each of Cabernet...
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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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The 2018 Barón de Magaña is a red blend produced with Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah from their oldest...
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$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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This has a polished nose of black olives, oyster shells, thyme, salted chocolate, graphite, black fruit and cassis....
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"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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Lots of red and black fruits, spring flowers, candied orange, and violet notes emerge from the 2018 Red Blend High...
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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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Dave Phinney’s Department 66 project is based in Maury, Richard Case and Bob Doyle running the winery in his...
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Brooding aromas of wet slate, tomato confit and boysenberry, along with lofty-turned earth notes and a pop of red...
American Whiskey Melon de Bourgogne Red Blend 2018
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.
One of the more unusual French grape varietals, Melon de Bourgogne has been grown in and around the Loire Valley for several hundred years. In fact, this grape was first planted in the Loire region of Pays Nantais back in the mid 17th century, after a devastating frost decimated most of the red grapes which were typical in the area. The winemakers of Pays Nantais were keen to cultivate vines which were hardy, high yielding, and capable of surviving another such frost, and so turned their attention to Melon de Bourgogne for this very reason. The native home of the varietal is actually in Burgundy, where it is still grown to a lesser extent.
Because Melon de Bourgogne produces naturally heavy yields, the vintners of Pays Nantais go to great lengths to reduce the amount of fruit the vines bear. This allows the finest characteristics of the grape to come forward, and also opens up the opportunity for it to express the wonderful granite and schist soils in which the vines are grown. Melon de Bourgogne is a minerally white wine grape varietal, with a very subtle set of fruit flavors. It is prized for its freshness and brightness, and is seeing a revival in the twenty first century as an excellent wine for pairing with a wide range of foods.