Jura Prophecy Whiskey
Matured without chill filtration for a huge peaty punch, this complex whisky is aged in Limousine oak casks.
Appearance: Rich, amber gold with shimmering highlights. Bouquet: The tarry bonfire notes slowly give way to hints of soft liquorice and nutmeg.
Palate: Powerful flavours of peat smoke, fresh cinnamon and spicy sea spray lead the first assault. Finally the tarry bonfire notes slowly give way to hints of soft liquorice and nutmeg.
Jack Daniels Single Barrel
Made using the exacting standards of Old No. 7 Tennessee Whiskey, Single Barrel is also charcoal mellowed and matured in new charred white-oak barrels. But where Single Barrel rests makes all the difference.. Single Barrel is matured in the highest reaches of our barrelhouse where the dramatic changes in temperature cause its colour and taste to deepen further. Each barrel is hand selected, for its robust taste and notes of toasted oak, vanilla, and caramel.
Appearance: Deep colour.
Bouquet: The Single Barrel has a rich aroma and complex character. What finally emerges from the wood is a bold, full-bodied whiskey with a balance of sweet vanilla caramels and a nice oak finish.
Serving Suggestion: To get the full appreciation of its flavour, we suggest you enjoy it neat or on the rocks.
Jura 16 Year Old
Jura chose to bottle it in a traditional style without chill filtration to preserve the true character and deliver an authentic taste of 1938.
Appearance: Glassy golden highlights. Bouquet: Full and rich. Each aroma beautifully structured to reveal harmony at its best. Silk and honey with a hint of ginger spice encompass this floral bouquet.
Palate: Soft peaches and honey with a hint of citrus and marzipan will slowly arise, yet the backbone of its heritage continues to ebb away on the aftertaste, leaving the palate rewarded and satisfied
Monkey Shoulder
Monkey Shoulder is a triple malt whisky blended from three of Speyside’s finest single malts. Using batches of just 27 casks for a smoother richer taste.
The skill of the malt man is demonstrated when he turns the malting barley using a shiel (wooden Shovel) Years ago some Malt men used to develop a temporary strain known by the men as Monkey Shoulder. Practices have changed and thankfully the condition no longer exists.
Inspired by their craft William Grants have created Monkey Shoulder. Their first ever blended triple malt Scotch whisky, unlike traditional blends Monkey Shoulder uses just three of Speyside’s finest single malts and no grain whisky resulting in a richer blended malt of exceptional smoothness.
Monkey Shoulder Blended Malt Scotch Whisky Tasting notes.
Colour / Nose: Full (old) gold, sweet, flowery, light spice & soft leather. Becomes sweeter coconut to the fore. With water, there's chocolate, orange & more vanilla.
Palate: Citric with a good balance between vanilla, spiciness & some soft, sultana-like fruits. Lovely melted chocolate on the finish.
Woodford Reserve
Woodford Reserve is a super-premium small batch bourbon with roots at the Labrot & Graham Distillery (circa 1812), a National Historic Landmark in the bluegrass region of central Kentucky.
Product: Carefully handcrafted, Woodford Reserve is painstakingly selected by our Master Distiller from only the finest maturing whiskey. Long years of slumber in the oldest surviving aging house in the Commonwealth have produced a bourbon of exceptional depth and character, with a complex, full-bodied taste and uniquely smooth finish. Since its inception, Woodford Reserve has developed an international following, and it is already the best selling super-premium bourbon in Kentucky, the homeland of bourbon. Although we're proud of these accomplishments we want you to know that our passion is, and will always be, on crafting the very best bourbon we can.
Palate: A complex, full-bodied taste and a uniquely smooth finish.
Accolades: Gold - San Francisco Spirits Comp. 2012 San Francisco World Spirits Competition Awarded Double Gold in 2000, 2001 & 2005
Woodford Reserve Double Oak
An innovative approach to twice-barreled bourbon creates the rich and colorful flavor of Woodford Reserve Double Oaked. Uniquely matured in separate, charred oak barrels – the second barrel deeply toasted before a light charring – extracts additional amounts of soft, sweet oak character.
Appearance: Deep Amber Bouquet: Rich notes of dark fruit, caramel, sharp honey, chocolate, marzipan and toasted oak
Palate: A full-bodied mix of vanilla, dark caramel,hazelnut, apple, fruit and spices. The finish is long and creamy with lingering hints of honeyed apple
Chivas Regal
Chivas is a blend of many different malt and grain Scotch whiskies, matured for at least 12 years. This rich, smooth blend balances style with substance and tradition with a modern twist.
Tasting notes- Punch of fruit and honey on the nose with lots of fresh notes. Well rounded fruit and nut flavours on the palate, with a slight spice lingering near the end. A very long finish that warms.
Glenfiddich 12 Year Old
Carefully matured in the finest American oak and European oak sherry casks for at least 12 years, it is mellowed in oak marrying tuns to create its sweet and subtle oak flavours.
Creamy with a long, smooth and mellow finish, the 12 Year Old is the perfect example of Glenfiddich’s unique Speyside style and is widely proclaimed the best dram in the valley.
Tasting notes- Light and malty/mealy. Some citric notes (lemon/orange peel). Water opens up the nutty crackerbread maltiness alongside some dry grass and dried apple. Palate: Soft with vanilla, malt, a light nuttiness and a soft mid-palate. Finish: Soft and lightly fruity with a hint of chocolate. Overall: Very clean, well-made and attractive.
Jack Daniels
Charcoal-mellowing refers to a process used to make Tennessee whiskey, such as Jack Daniel's. The process involves slowly dripping the newly made whiskey through giant containers hard-packed with 10 feet of sugar maple charcoal. The process takes ten days, and during this time the whiskey absorbs the essence of the charcoal, refining the spirit and giving it a unique flavour and aroma. As the whiskey ages, the whiskey barrels "breathe." Because of this phenomenon, somewhere between eight to ten percent of the alcohol volume will be lost to evaporation in the first year. Evaporation continues over subsequent years at a rate of four to five percent per barrel. A good whiskey is likely to lose approximately thirty percent of its original volume by the time it is ready for bottling.
Appearance: Amber tint.
Bouquet: Well rounded and balanced with a nice mix of caramel, vanilla, toasted oak, and a slightly fruity aroma.
Palate: Smoky flavour. Cellaring: Twice distilled and aged a minimum of four years.
Makers Mark 46
Maker’s 46 actually begins as fully matured Maker’s Mark. And then begins the inventive, handcrafted finishing process that creates a bourbon with bold vanilla, oak and caramel flavors – yet retains the easy drinkability of Maker’s Mark.
Nose: Toffee sweetness and the saw dust from freshly cut wood. Has a very toasty aroma, with sweet spices and deep, thick caramel.
Palate: Creamy and very soft. Then it opens up, in fact it explodes with spiciness which concentrates on the tip of the tongue. It’s on nutmeg, mulled wine spices, allspice, cinnamon. Also a hint of hot apple juice. Kevin remarks that it’s not unlike the cinnamon flavoured gum, “Big Red” – we’ve literally no idea what Big Red is, but it sounds really manly.
Finish: A natural progression of the palate with the sweet spices and it concentrates on the tongue – this may be one of the few times you’ll notice a concentration of sweetness like this from a bourbon. It also becomes grassy after a minute or so.
Glen Moray 16 Year Old
Glenlivet
Tasting notes- Exquisite delicacy of summer-like fragrances, with playful interlacing of floral and fruity aromas. A sensuous touch of exotic fruit, notably pineapple. It opens in time on creamier and richer notes of stewed greengages and ripe apricots. Oak tenderly enhances that enticing bouquet with more vanilla and nutty notes and an echo of toasted oats. Honeyed floral notes shine through. A silky feel, flowing on the tongue. Smooth and sweet fruit notes of white peaches and pears poached in vanilla syrup.
Haymans 1820 Gin Liqueur
STYLE Dry Gin
ORIGINS Haymans 1820 is the world’s first Gin Liqueur. A distinctive premium Gin made from 100% pure grain spirit which together with a subtle blend of botanicals is blended with a natural sweetness to create this unique gin experience.
DISTILLATION The combination of botanicals used in the distillation results in a smooth, clean and refreshing gin with an obvious citrus lilt, however when combined with the additional sweetness that one would expect from a liqueur, the result is a product with a delicious orange character.
SERVING SUGGESTIONS A versatile drink that can be served neat, on the rocks or as part of a cocktail appealing to gin and liqueur drinkers.
Haymans Sloe Gin
Made using wild English grown sloe berries, steeped for several months with Haymans gin before being blended with natural sugar.
Appearance: Rich red liqueur.
Bouquet: A smooth, bitter sweet fruit flavour.
Hendricks Gin
Quirky producer Hendricks make their pot-still distilled gin using cucumber as one of the primary botanicals. This makes for a unique, tasty and incredibly refreshing Gin.
Tasting notes - Medium to light body aromatic blend of spices and floral scents, mild tingling on the lips and tongue lingering finish. Very clean distillation. Lingering finish with floral and citrus notes and the smoothness of cucumber is apparent. Cucumber, Bulgarian rose, juniper and saffron.
The Botanist Gin
Botanicals are the very essence of gin – it's reason for being. For this, "The Botanist", small-batch, artisanal Islay gin uses nine of the classic gin aromatics – orris root, cassia bark, coriander seed, etc – and augment these with a heady harvest of 22 wild, native island botanicals, hand-picked by experts foraging from the windswept hills, peat bogs and atlantic shores of this Hebridean island of Islay.
Appearance: Quicksilver in appearance. Bouquet: An explosion of aromas. Sweet delicate menthol, apple mint, spring woodlands, juniper, coriander with aniseed undertones, lemon and orange peel, summer flowers, hone, coconut, wild mint and summer meadows.
Palate: A rich and mellow taste, cool on the entry then warmth and absolute purity as it reaches the back palate. A bewitching, delectable and luxurious gin, its citrus freshness excites and stimulates the taste buds allowing you to experience a star burst of flavours as they explode across the palate.
Whitley Neill Dry Gin
The heart of Africa distilled, Whitley Neill is a handcrafted gin of exceptional quality inspired by the vivid beauty and mystery of Africa, and a never-ending drive for perfection. Distilled in small batches by Johnny Neill, a direct descendant of Thomas Greenall and the last in a long line of distillers, Whitley Neill brings together 8 generations of expertise and a life-long love of ADVENTURE.
Production: Unlike the more common method of continuous distillation, the hand-crafted gin is distilled in small batches in England’s oldest Copper pot still. Only the smallest, best part of the distillate (called the “heart”) is collected and subsequently becomes Whitley Neill Gin. Whitley Neill’s supremely balanced recipe uses distinctive aromatics and botanicals, some of which have never before been used in a gin before. These contain essential oils immediately below the skin of the seed, berry, peel or bark and it is the extraction of this in the presence of alcohol that gives our gin its unique flavour. It takes time and skill to carefully consummate the marriage between the crafted concentrate and alcohol to yield a gin of this quality. Then blend the purest water with the concentrated spirit, to ensure the wonderful flavours and aromas released by our botanicals remain locked inside each bottle of Whitley Neill Gin. The result is an inimitable, award-winning gin that skilfully blends & balances rare African botanicals and unusual aromatics, to create an enigmatic experience to savour.
Bouquet: An adventure in taste, Whitley Neill is slightly softer than more traditional gins and very smooth with rich juniper and citrus, pot pourri and exotic spices.
Palate: The finish is a long one with a subtle fade of herbs, cocoa and candied lemon peels, while the nose is both citrusy sweet and peppery, with a distinctive floral aroma.
Bombay Sapphire
Bombay Sapphire’s recipe is based on 10 botanicals. They include traditional gin botanicals such as juniper berries, citrus, angelica and orris root. To these are added coriander, liquorice, cassia bark, almonds, cubeb berries and West African grains of paradise. And, although it is a London Dry gin Bombay Sapphire is made differently to most other London Dry style gins. A triple distilled, 100% neutral grain spirit is first poured into still, at the end of the lyne pipe at the very top of the still is a set of copper baskets into which the botanicals are carefully layered. The spirit becomes vapour as heat is applied and, as it travels upwards through the baskets, it extracts the oils of the botanicals within. On its journey back through the condenser it becomes liquid again. In the normal way feints and foreshots are removed and the spirit, now Bombay Sapphire gin, is collected in the spirit receiver. It is reduced to 40% ABV using pure water and finally bottled.
Tasting notes- Sweet to start with cassia, cinnamon and caraway notes, this moves towards the rich herbal notes of the rosemary and sage and the dry piney juniper and coriander come through at the end.
Boodles
This London Dry Gin, repackaged and rejuvenated under new ownership in 2013, takes its name from Boodle's gentleman’s club in St. James's, London and is now produced at the Greenalls distillery.
Tasting notes- Sweet to start with cassia, cinnamon and caraway notes, this moves towards the rich herbal notes of the rosemary and sage and the dry piney juniper and coriander come through at the end. Smooth throughout with just a small lift of warmth at the very end.
Rogue Society
Style: Modern Dry Gin
Bouquet: Classic juniper, in an instant. Subtle floral hints of lavender and orange blossom follow close by. Deeper earthy tones of cinnamon bark & nutmeg arrive next, but be prepared for a fresh burst of multiple citrus to linger longer.
Palate: Big, fresh nose with pronounced aromatic intensity. A place where juniper, orange peel and deep spice dominate. Vibrant in the mouth. Citrus and juniper enjoy dominance. Smooth but crisp on the palate. Long and flavor filled finish. A warming sensation with continued juniper. Surprising long finish, highly refined, coming back with waves of orange and floral notes. Dry gin at its prime.
Remy Martin Cognac VSOP
Variety: Cognac - 55% Grande Champagne, 45% Petite Champagne
Product: Rémy Martin is the world's leading producer of Fine Champagne Cognac. Centuries of perfecting the art of cognac making have resulted in spirits of unparalleled richness, flavour and complexity, each with a distinct and unique aromatic intensity
Appearance: Vibrant gold.
Bouquet: Floral notes: The impertinence of wild flowers, particularly violets.
Palate: Fruity notes: The roundness of summer fruits, especially ripe apricots and peaches. Oak notes: Predominantly vanilla, with a hint of liquorice. Silky texture and a perfectly balanced blend of ripeness.
Beau Joie Champagne Brut
Beau Joie Brut is a beautiful new champagne from Epernay. It comes wrapped in a 100% copper suit of armor that keeps the champagne cooler for longer, as well as providing a beautiful distinctive look, ideal for a gift. The case is made entirely from second-generation copper scrap, which is transformed into a work of art.
Tasting Notes - Beau Joie Brut is a zero-dosage champagne, meaning it has none of the added sugars found in other champagnes. This allows the uninhibited flavors to rise through to the palate, giving the perfect balance of dryness and sweetness. A clean crisp taste from start to finish!
Pairing - Beau Joie Brut pairs well with all foods and desserts
Beau Joie Champagne Sec
Beau Joie Sugar King is a beautiful new demi-sec champagne from Epernay. It comes wrapped in a black suit of armor that keeps the champagne cooler for longer, as well as providing a beautiful distinctive look, ideal for a gift.
A sweet Champagne of a pale gold color tinged with pink. The blend is fruity and well-constituted with a marked elegance and youthfulness. Blend: 50% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay, 20% Pinot Meunier
Pairing - Beau Joie Sugar King pairs well with all desserts.
Moet & Chandon 2004 Vintage
Every Grand Vintage is unique and original, the cellar master’s personal, free interpretation in service of the singular qualities of that year’s grapes.
Grand Vintage 2004 perfectly embodies the three essential values of the Moët & Chandon Grand Vintage spirit:
freedom of interpretation, selection of the year's most remarkable wines, respect for the individuality of each vintage for finely aged champagnes which stand out for their maturity, complexity and charisma.
Tasting Notes - Grand Vintage 2004 is a wine of elegant precision. Of a brilliant pale yellow and fine bead, the bouquet is refined, pure and precise. Fruity notes of white peach, lemon, pineapple, green banana and pear and floral, botanical aromas of mock-orange, herbal tea and honeysuckle combine with spicier, sweeter hints of pepper, brown sugar, marzipan and candied melon. On the palate, the wine is straightforward yet complex, the structure is lean and tangy with mineral overtones, and the texture is supple and gracefully delicate. A compelling and delectably complex balance of creamy richness and vibrant tanginess makes for a wine of lively sophistication. The well-structured intensity and gracefully streamlined texture convey a subtle variety of flavors leading to a zesty finish.
Awards
- International Wine Challenge, 2014: Silver
- The Dallas Wine Competition, 2014: Gold
- Critics Challenge Wine Competition, 2013: Platinum
- Decanter World Wine Awards, 2013: Bronze
- International Wine & Spirit Competition, 2013: Silver Outstanding
Moet and Chandon
Almost equal measures of chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot meunier deliver a refreshingly dry, pâtisserie-scented fizz with toasty notes and hint of vanilla.
Mumm Champagne
Awarded 1st Royal warrant in 1904 and continues to proudly be 'by appointment' to this day. G.H. Mumm Cordon Rouge is a champagne crafted from grapes sourced from over 75 different Crus across the Champagne region. 45% of the blend is Pinot Noir, the House's emblematic grape variety chosen for its structure and power.
Tasting Notes - Clean and subtle on the nose. Rich juicy fruits in the mouth with toasted nuts and subtle yeasty overtones. Fresh, elegant and balanced with a long, creamy finish.
Veuve Clicquot
Colour & Clarity - The Veuve Clicquot Brut is a pale yellow with reasonable clarity at the center.
Nose - The primary aromas of the Veuve Clicquot Brut are bread and apple — perhaps even baked apple, though not quite apple pie.
Palate - The Veuve Clicquot Brut has yeasty, baked flavours that are combined with apples and a bit of pear. It's a dry wine that's also fairly rich and robust.
Bollinger
Bollinger is one of the few houses to make wine solely from grapes sourced from the Marne, in the heart of the Champagne region. Eighty-five percent of its grapes come from premier and grand-cru vineyards, with Bollinger itself owning 164 hectares of vines. The company has heavily invested in studies of pinot noir to find the clone most suited to its vineyards. For now, it has settled on clone 386 (aka pinot moret). It is Bollinger's use of a majority of pinot noir that gives its wines their more masculine character.
It also has another string to it's pinot-noir bow: a dry red wine. La Côte Aux Enfants is usually destined for rosé, but in some years, including 2009 and 2011, several thousand litres of red wine grace the Bollinger barrels.
Crystal Head Vodka
Dan Aykroyd and John Alexander wanted to craft a vessel worthy of one of the world’s purest vodkas. A symbol of life, reflecting power and enlightenment, to hold their award-winning white spirit of super natural purity.
Producer: Produced on the remote island of St. Johns, Canada. Quadruple distilled and triple filtered through Herkimer diamonds. No additives, oils or sugars added. Ultra smooth, with a fuller taste than most Vodka's. Enjoy it in its pure form or mixed with premium ingredients.
Appearance: Clear
Accolades: Double Gold - San Francisco 2011
Grey Goose
Distilled from wheat sourced from Northern France, Grey Goose is distilled using water from the Grande Champagne region of Cognac. Distillation takes the form of a 5-stage process that is claimed to focus on developing the character of the spirit rather than simply removing impurities and creating neutrality.
Nose: Clean and fresh with buttered popcorn and a particularly soft alcohol aroma.
The silky smooth mouthfeel is immediately evident, whilst the delicate flavours take a little more searching. Nonetheless there is certainly a subtle anise taste that sits alongside a touch of cracked black pepper, and again the buttered popcorn from the nose. A whisper of liquorice completes the understated flavour profile which lingers longer than might be expected given its delicate nature.
Sailor Jerry
Recipe based upon on the tradition of sailors improving the flavour of their on-board rum rations. (The first nation to abolish issuing sailors daily rum was the U.S., which did so in 1862. New Zealand upheld the practice until 1990). Generally there were two ways to take the edge off rum. One was to age the liquid in wooden casks, which sailors rarely bothered with. The other way was to blend in spices. This is what most sailors did and what Sailor Jerry does.
Tasting notes- On the nose there is intense vanilla, dry buttery toffee and subtle cinnamon notes. It tastes of Warm spices of cinnamon & nutmeg with rich vanilla. A long dry finish balanced with a subdued sweetness and a hint of burnt toffee.
Havana Club Anejo 3 Anos
Tasting notes- notes of vanilla, caramelised pear, banana and hints of smoked oak tickle your nose, while smokey chocolate and vanilla notes stroke your palate.
Herradura Anejo Tequila
Introduced in 1963 Herradura Anejo is made from 100% Tequilana Weber Blue Agave. Its strength is 40 alcohol, and an aging process of 24 months, this tequila is a nice surprise for the best tasters of the world.
Product: Anejo (Aged) Is Tequila Blanco aged in white oak casks for more than a year. Maximum capacity of the casks should not exceed 600 litres (159 gallons). The amber colour and woody flavour are picked up from the oak, and the oxidation that takes place through the porous wood develops the unique bouquet and taste. Anejo Tequila can be aged for several years. Since 1962, Herradura has been proud to offer this delicious aged tequila. Barrelling for two years in oak (twice as long as suggested by the category standards) gives it both a deep amber color and complex taste of cooked agave and dried fruit.
Appearance: Dark amber.
Bouquet: Intense cooked agave and spice, toasted oak and nutty notes. Palate: Very smooth with cooked agave and dried fruit. A smooth, creamy finish.
Accolades: 92 pts - Ultimate Spirits Challenge 2011