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Raspberry and currant notes on the nose. It’s medium-bodied with chewy tannins. Fresh acidity and fleshy texture on...
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Bramble and red plum notes are fresh and round in this medium-bodied red, with accents of garrigue, mineral and anise...
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The 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape Grand Vin showed consistently (this is the third time I’ve tasted this from barrel),...
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Delivers a nice saturated feel without being heavy, letting cherry and plum paste notes unfurl slowly, along with...
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Rich and warm in style, with a velvety flow to the mix of violet, plum paste, black currant compote and licorice root...
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Winey and muscular, with cassis and bitter plum reduction notes leading the way, while baker's chocolate, tobacco and...
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Rich and well-built, this offers up a serious dark core of black currant and plum reduction flavors supported by...
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Juicy and direct, with tasty raspberry and blackberry coulis notes backed by anise and apple wood accents. Shows...
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Shimmering ruby-red. Spice-accented raspberry and cherry aromas are complemented by musky garrigue and floral...
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Nicely rendered, with waves of warmed cassis, plum pâte de fruit and raspberry reduction rolling through, carried by...
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A mostly foudre-aged blend of 80% Grenache and 20% Syrah, the 2019 Chateauneuf du Pape features resinous notes of...
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Glistening ruby-red. Ripe red and blue fruits, potpourri, incense and exotic spices on the expansive nose. Stains the...
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All the colors of pepper and star-anise notes give this alternative “Chateauneuf” a very striking personality. A...
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Perfumed black cherry and raspberry aromas mingle with darker scents of leather, wild herbs, and smokiness....
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Deep magenta. A highly perfumed bouquet evokes ripe cherry, boysenberry, lavender, black tea and smoky minerals....
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Notes of sun-drenched black cherry and strawberry preserves are sonorous in this fruit-forward, piercing blend of 90%...
Mencia Red Rhone Blend Tequila 2019
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.