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750ml
Bottle:
$24.28
12 bottles:
$23.79
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, and Petit Verdot. Aged for two years in our finest new French oak...
750ml
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$339.60
The 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Rubicon, which used to be a proprietary blend and had a somewhat rustic, Italian...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$479.87
Another perfect wine is Bevan’s equal part blend of Merlot and Cabernet Franc, the 2012 Proprietary Red Sugarloaf...
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Cardinale Red Blend 2012
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$373.38
Cardinale’s 2012 Proprietary Red, the flagship wine from the Jackson Family, was looked after and put-together by...
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L'aventure Cote A Cote 2012
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$149.83
The terrific 2012 Cote a Cote is 60% Grenache, 30% Mourvedre and 10% Syrah that was aged in a combination of new and...
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Opus One Red Wine 2012
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$452.32
A near-ideal vintage, where all parts were perfect. Here we are at full peak Opus; satin-like in texture, packed with...
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Promontory (Harlan) Red 2012
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$840.91
The 2012 Promontory, which is the softest vintage to date, was slightly better this year than last year, as it had...
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Ridge Lytton Springs 2012
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$108.10
The 2012 Lytton Springs is quite reserved, compact and inward at this stage. There is good density and depth in the...
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Screaming Eagle Second Flight 2012
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$884.89
This is very structured with ripe and silky tannins that show a dense and compacted fruit character. It's full and...
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Verite La Joie 2012
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$263.45
The 2012 La Joie, which is a blend of 76% Cabernet, 12% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc and 4% Petit Verdot, blew me away....
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Verite La Muse 2012
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$293.66
The 2012 La Muse, which is 85% Merlot, 11% Cabernet Franc and 4% Malbec, is a smaller cuvée of 1,840 cases. The wine...
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Verite Le Desir 2012
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$219.31
(14.2% alcohol; 64% cabernet franc, 24% merlot, 8% cabernet sauvignon and 4% malbec): Bright, deep ruby. Seriously...
American Whiskey Red Blend 2012 United States
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.
Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.