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750ml - Case of 12
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$7.12
Argentina’s signature white grape, Torrontes produces an aromatic wine with notes of citrus and flowers. On the...
750ml - Case of 12
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$10.93
On the nose, delicate aromas of oranges and white flowers. Refreshing notes of citrus fruits, grapefruit, and lemon...
750ml
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$22.40
12 bottles:
$21.28
• Primarily Garnacha with smaller complements of Bobal and Royal, from very old organically-farmed vineyards.
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750ml
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$12.50
12 bottles:
$12.25
A bright, tangy white with sliced apples and lemon skin. Hints of stone and concrete. Medium-bodied, fresh and clean....
750ml
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$13.87
$15.41
Such a floral nose with refreshing but subtle white fruit. Peaches, jasmine and lychee with a hint of lime and chalk....
750ml
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$18.00
12 bottles:
$17.10
Darting’s Pinot Meunier features ripe cherry and raspberry flavors yet with a backbone of acidity and fresh...
750ml
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$34.95
12 bottles:
$34.25
The wine is 100% Pinot Meunier mostly from Left Coast Cellars in the Van Duzer Corridor AVA. It was 1/3 whole...
750ml
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$12.43
$13.01
12 bottles:
$12.36
The Torrontés, which is of Cafayate fame is fresh and 100% stainless steel-aged, allowing the unique aromas and...
750ml
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$49.94
$75.94
Pretty, perfumed nose of white lavender, honeysuckle, peaches, orange blossom, white pears, lemon pith and blanched...
750ml
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$14.94
12 bottles:
$14.64
Intense and bright yellow with gold edges. Delicate aromas where flowers presence, mainly roses are the most...
375ml - Case of 6
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$41.31
This is made by drying the grapes, just like Vin Santo but with torontel. Mango dessert, dried papaya, sticky rice,...
750ml
Bottle:
$47.93
12 bottles:
$45.60
The 2019 Pinot Meunier is expressive and detailed. It has a medium ruby color and aromas of wild red and black...
700ml
Bottle:
$91.20
12 bottles:
$80.94
Fukano Blonde—an all-new, limited expression from the famed distillery—is bottled to showcase the beauty of...
700ml
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$93.48
$98.40
12 bottles:
$88.92
Texturally robust and aromatically refined, Fukano’s Sherry Cask whisky feels and tastes downright luxurious....
Grenache Japanese Whiskey Mencia Torrontes
The Grenache grape holds the honor of being the most widely planted wine grape varietal on earth. It has a long and impressive history, and has been the backbone of the some of the planet’s most respected and famed wine regions, blended with Syrah in regions such as Chateauneuf du Pape, and in certain other Loire and Languedoc regions where it reigns supreme as a single varietal wine grape. In other key areas, such as Spain’s La Rioja (where it is known as Garnacha Tinta), it is blended with Tempranillo to make that country’s signature red wine, and is widely used as a blending grape in other old and new world countries, due to its unique character and jammy, fruit forward character.
For a long time, the Grenache grape was somewhat looked down upon as an ignoble varietal, incapable of producing wines of any particular interest. However, times are very much changing - in the right hands, Grenache grapes result in astonishingly intense and complex wines, full of fascinating features, and capable of achieving plenty of expression. For a while now, Grenache has been a major player in Australian wines. While not yet quite as extensively planted down under as Shiraz is, the Barossa Valley is bringing out some of the finest examples of this grape’s wines in recent years.
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.