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750ml - Case of 6
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$352.75
Pale gold color. The bouquet has notes of ripe peach and apricot. On the palate, this wine is broad and rich with...
750ml
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$33.67
12 bottles:
$33.00
Brilliant yellow. Pungent, mineral-accented Meyer lemon and pear nectar scents show very good clarity and hints of...
750ml
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$31.58
12 bottles:
$30.95
For this excellent blend, 25% new French oak was employed. It retains its vivid apple-flavored intensity, while...
750ml
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$38.98
12 bottles:
$38.20
Rated 97 in 2016, 2014 not rated.
750ml
Bottle:
$60.05
12 bottles:
$58.85
This is another stunner from Pellet Estate, from a high-elevation vineyard influenced by fog and wind. A wet stone...
750ml
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$28.46
12 bottles:
$27.89
The nose of white flowers, lemon oil, crushed rocks, and honey is enticing. This wine has beautiful bright acidity...
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Bachelet-Monnot Batard Montrachet Grand Cru 2014
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$769.03
Pale yellow-green. Musky aromas of lime and fresh herbs complicated by pepper, spices and a sexy suggestion of...
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Catena Zapata Chardonnay White Bones 2014
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$103.28
Aromas of stone, chalk and cooked apple follow through to a full body, with so much sea salt, dried apple and pear...
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$602.38
A highly restrained nose features notes of cool and ultra-pure citrus, green apple, white flowers, herbal tea and wet...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$84.95
This is also somewhat leesy and it renders the nose impossible to accurately read. The medium weight flavors also...
750ml - Case of 6
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$841.13
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$292.95
Chardonnay Japanese Whiskey Mencia Picpoul 2014
Of all the white wine grape varietals, surely the one which has spread the furthest and is most widely appreciated is the Chardonnay. This green skinned grape is now grown all over the Old and New Worlds, from New Zealand to the Americas, from England to Chile, and is one of the first varietals people think of when considering white wine grapes. Perhaps this is because of its huge popularity which reached a peak in the 1990s, thanks to new technologies combining with traditional methods to bring the very best features out of the Chardonnay grape, and allow its unique qualities to shine through. Most fine Chardonnay wines use a process known as malolactic fermentation, wherein the malic acids in the grape juice are converted to lactic acids, allowing a creamier, buttery nature to come forward in the wine. No grape varietal is better suited to this process than Chardonnay, which manages to balance these silky, creamy notes with fresh white fruit flavors beautifully.
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.