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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $51.05 $51.79
6 bottles: $48.00
This seductive red offers a lot to like, with ripe red fruit and toasted aniseed notes showing an invigorating layer...
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $21.09 $22.20
6 bottles: $13.00
This bright ruby-red wine with violet tones and plums and spices aroma, delights with the softness and balance in...
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $218.44 $219.00
6 bottles: $214.80
Stunningly complex nose of dried flowers, beeswax and candied citrus peel. However, the interplay of richness and...
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $111.79
6 bottles: $109.55
91-93 The 2021 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Télégramme shows the characteristics of the vintage well. Mingling aromas of...
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93
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91
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $110.20
The juicy flavors of cherry compote and plum preserves are studded with anise, rooibos tea and fruitcake notes. The...
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $55.95
6 bottles: $54.83
Easy-going, soft and drinkable, this is a well-balanced and fresh wine despite the warming alcohol. A high-quality...
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92
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $152.19 $160.20
#10 in Top 100 Wines, 2022. Now the flagship of this estate, the 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape is 75% Grenache and the...
JD
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $502.94
3 bottles: $492.88
Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $933.94
3 bottles: $915.26
Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $243.00
4 bottles: $240.00
Every year Mounir will select several crus to age in Amphorae, where they will remain untouched for around a year,...
Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $97.94
3 bottles: $95.98
Pretty mesquite and red tea aromas lead off, followed by silky red cherry and raspberry fruit. Shows a light garrigue...
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91
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Red
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $1249.95
Beginning to enter its second phase of life - there's development here, but it's still a bit dumb and inexpressive -...
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100
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100
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Red
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $1412.84
Beautifully fresh, lifted and disarming on the nose, you react with a smile without thinking, like with so many of...
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Red
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $812.25
On another level, the brilliant 2017 Châteauneuf Du Pape Hommage A Jacques Perrin is just about all Mourvèdre...
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100
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100
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Red
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $782.30 $832.23
Red-fruited and garrigue-laden, the nose of the 2018 Chateauneuf du Pape Hommage à Jacques Perrin is glorious,...
WA
99
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Red
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $651.14
Marvelously complex, deeply fruited and massively concentrated yet wonderfully drinkable, the 2019 Chateauneuf du...
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100
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99
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Red
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $755.95 $800.23
#58 Wine of the World 2022. Enveloping nose of super-ripe orange, pomegranate and cigar leaf that’s still very...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle: $194.95
What I think might end up being the best Beaucastel since the 1990 or 2001, the 2012 Châteauneuf du Pape offers a...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle: $167.88
91-93 Deep ruby. Potent smoke- and peppery spice-tinged cherry and black raspberry aromas are complemented by...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle: $149.94
Very dense black-fruit aromas, but also licorice, an entire microcosm of spice and a whiff of smoked bacon. Very...
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Carmenere Red Rhone Blend Rum 1.5Ltr

The deep blue colored grapes of the Carmenere varietal have their origins in France, where they are still listed as one of the elite grape varietals allowed by French law for the use in Bordeaux wines, generally regarded to be the finest in the world. However, the use of Carmenere grapes in France has been dwindling for many decades now, and it has been in several New World countries where they have seen their renaissance. Although still mostly used as a blending grape, single variety Carmenere wines are greatly sought after as a result of their deep, complex aromas, stunning blood red color and the fact that the grapes, when processed at optimum ripeness, carry some fascinating flavors, including chocolate, tobacco, and spicy cherry notes.

It is difficult to categorize rum as a single spirit, because of all the spirits found around the globe, rum is perhaps the one which varies most dramatically from place to place. Clear, white rum - a favorite for cocktail drinkers - is perhaps the most prevalent example found today, but there is a whole world of darker, spiced and molasses-rich rums to explore, thanks to the fascinating history and wide reach this drink has.

Rum came about during the colonial times, when sugar was a huge and world-changing business. The molasses left over from the sugar production industry could easily be distilled into a delicious alcoholic drink, and provided extra income for the sugar traders. Before long, it became a favorite of sailors and transatlantic merchants, and it quickly spread across the Caribbean and Latin America, where it remains highly popular today.

The production of rum is a basic and simple one - you take your molasses, add yeast and water, and then ferment and distil the mixture. However, as is often the case, the devil is in the detail. The variation in yeasts found from place to place, the maturation period, the length of the fermentation and the type of stills and barrels used provide the rainbow-colored variation that gives rum its spectrum of styles and characteristics.