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Belle Meade Bourbon Madeira PlumpJack Cask
Distilled by MGP & Bottled by Nelson’s Greenbrier Distillery, Nashville, TN
Aged 10 years in new American oak for 10 years | Finished in Madeira Casks
Bottled in November 2018 at 112.7 proof (56.35% ABV)
Just in the nick of time before the end of 2018, our American Whiskey Club selection of 2018 is finally here! We’re excited about everything we bring in but this one is special because of its scarcity. I have been eyeing up a Belle Meade cask for a while now. I’ve always liked the whiskies, but wanted to wait for the right opportunity to feature them in the club. Rather than just featuring the general market releases of their cask finishes, I was determined to procure our own cask. It took about a year of back and forth conversation with their sales director before we were able to make it happen. They don’t do many private casks for accounts, and it turns out they had been burned last year by an San Francisco merchant who ended up not taking the barrel they had committed to earlier. When they first offered PlumpJack a cask, they offered up a non-finished single barrel bourbon. I’m sure it would have been great, but seeing as the juice had been distilled in Indiana at Midwestern Grain Products (MGP) – I wanted to get something that Belle Meade had a hand in creating. I held out and told them to contact me when they had a cask finish become available. When the samples of Sherry and Madeira casks arrived the choice was difficult. Both finishes were delicious but in the end I thought the Madeira cask was a little more unique and unknown for most whiskey drinkers.
Belle Meade bourbon is produced at Nelson’s Greenbrier Distillery in Nashville, TN. It is in a select group of brands that existed a long time ago, then closed, only to be re-opened decades later by family decedents of the original founder. The Belle Meade Plantation was once a world famous horse farm in Tennessee owned by the Sperry Wade & Company. They contracted a man named Charles Nelson to create whiskies for their plantation and it became a huge hit. It was sold from 1878 to 1909, until Tennessee adopted statewide prohibition. In 2006 Charlie and Andy Nelson were inspired to resurrect the brand after visiting a local butcher who pointed out buildings across the street from his shop that had once belonged to the distillery. After taking one sip from the spring water that had once fed into the abandoned still house, they new they were going to be in the whiskey business. They formed the business in 2009 and in 2015 began operating a still house in Nashville.
This barrel of Belle Meade bourbon was aged for just over 10 years in New American oak before being finished in Madeira casks for a few months. The whiskey pours a beautiful golden brown color into the glass. One sniff and you can immediately tell the Madeira influence in the whiskey. Sweet, dried tropical fruits like papaya and mango, burnt caramel, and California golden raisins emerge from the glass. Your first initial sip re-confirms the Madeira influence with more fruit flavors complimented by a dry nutty finish. It’s funky! Big and bold, this full-bodied whiskey goes down really smooth, especially for the higher proof of over 56% ABV. Sipping this straight or with a little water is where the whiskey really shines. Ice will make it down go even quicker but accentuate the dry finish and tone down the sweetness on the attack. It makes a killer old fashioned or boulevardier cocktail, and would be a killer pairing to a cigar if that is your thing. Enjoy!
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Off Color
Off Color I'm Sorry Belgian Style Ale with Flowers and Rose Hips
Producer Notes:
The aroma at first blush is a layered cloudburst of flowers, nectar, and white fruits offered in apology to the onslaught of flavors of peach, Juicy Fruit gum, and rose petals which quickly evaporates off the tongue leaving a delectable dry finish and sense of euphoria that comes with a return to the good graces of one's stung love.
$22.00
PlumpJack
Clif Family Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Almonds
$10.00
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Clif Family Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Caramels
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Brasserie Dieu du Ciel
Brasserie Dieu du Ciel! Aphrodite Stout with Cocoa and Vanilla
“Black ale with aromas and flavours of vanilla, dark chocolate, bourbon and roasted malt. The vanilla and cocoa marry nicely, without out-competing each other, to produce a surprisingly well balanced beer. This beer is mildly hoppy, but the cocoa introduces a touch of bitterness. Its colour may be intimidating, but it is a very smooth beer within reach of most beer drinkers. This highly appreciated dessert beer is brewed with organic fair-trade cocoa and first rate vanilla beans.” 11.5 oz
$6.00
Serego Alighieri
Masi Amarone Serego Alighieri
This is the icon wine of the historic Serego Alighieri estate and comes from the eponymous vineyard, the source it seems of the very name Amarone itself.
This noble wine is produced using time-honoured practices in the vineyard, in the ancient drying lofts and in the cellars.
Its elegant personality is enhanced by the use of the Serego Alighieri clone of the Molinara grape and by ageing in cherry-wood casks, as family tradition dictates.
$82.00
PLUMPJACK
Corte Sant'Alda Amarone
Amarone Corte Sant’Alda is made from a selection of Corvina 40%, Rondinella 20% and Corvina Grossa 40% from our central vineyards – Roaro Vineyard 7 – Valletta Vineyard 5 and Bosco Vineyard 6 – for an overall area of 3.70 hectares.
All the vines are grown using the simple guyot system with a density of 6400 plants/hectare.
All our grapes have organic certification and in recent years the vineyards have been managed on the basis of bio-dynamic agriculture principles.
The experience of the grape-pickers who come back year after year and the groves in a strategic position are fundamental elements in the traditional and natural grape drying process that utterly excludes any kind of forcing
The grapes are placed in wooden boxes in the vineyards themselves and must ensure optimal quality, ripeness and well-separated bunches. They are then kept until February in integral and healthy condition.
Over these months, a physiological reduction of around 60/65% takes place involving important conversion and concentration.
“Piè di couve” exclusively with native yeasts helps activate all fermentation stages in 40 hl vats. Low seasonal temperatures ensure that this stage lasts for more than a month, during which time continual rack and return and manual wine-crushing procedures ensure the best extraction of the goodness and elegance of the skins.
On completion of fermentation and after pouring off, the new Amarone is left for no less than three years in oak barrels of various capacities and ages.
$108.00
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Venturini Valpolicella Classico
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$14.00
skurnik
La Spinetta Moscato d'Asti
The Rivetti family story begins in the 1890s, when Giovanni Rivetti, left Piedmont for Argentina. Like many Italians then, he dreamed of returning rich man, perhaps even one day able to make great wine in his homeland. He never did, though his son, Giuseppe “Pin” did. Pin married Lidia, bought vineyards and began to make wine. Robert Parker has called Giorgio Rivetti the hottest winemaker in Italy, saying "Everything Rivetti has touched recently seems to have turned to magic."
This light dessert wine offers sweet and sexy aromas of dried apricots and crisp pineapple. It surprises with its remarkable freshness and brilliant fruit flavors, bright acidity and a zingy finish. Outstanding balance and a light sparkle make this traditionally dessert wine also an appropriate choice for an aperitif or a refreshing splash with brunch.
$22.00
Wine Warehouse
Graham's Late Bottled Vintage Port 2012
Graham’s Late Bottled Vintage Port (LBV) is a superb wine, selected from the finest production of what was a spectacular year. Whereas Vintage Port spends two years in casks and then matures in bottle, LBV is matured in seasoned oak and then bottled at between four and six years of age; hence the term, ‘late bottled’. Its ageing process encourages the wine’s development, and as such, at the time of bottling it is ready to drink without the need for decanting. Produced in the style of Graham’s great Vintage Ports, Graham’s 2012 LBV has a near opaque purple color with vibrant aromas of blackberry and dark cherry as well as hints of freshly picked mint. Full-bodied with brambly fruit flavors, this wine shows Graham’s signature complexity and elegance in perfect balance.
Graham’s 2012 LBV can be enjoyed anytime and pairs wonderfully with dark chocolate desserts and hard cheeses like mature Cheddar or even a goat’s cheese.
$28.00
Winebow
Laurent Perrier Brut Rosé NV
Laurent-Perrier Cuvée Rosé is truly remarkable for its highly expressive bouquet, stemming from very careful preservation of fresh fruit aromas during the wine making. Made with 100% Pinot Noir from 10 different "crus " (or villages), from the North and South areas of the Montagne de Reims, as well as the famous Cote de Bouzy. Grapes from carefully selected plots are meticulously sorted and de-stemmed before going into the vats, and the controlled maceration helps with the color extraction and the development of the full aromatic richness of the Pinot Noir.
Intensely fruity flavors, clean and slightly sharp, the wine opens to the sensation of freshly picked red berries: strawberries, Morello cherries, black currants and raspberries. The finish is supple and rounded.
$75.00
PlumpJack
Beau Joie Brut Rosé Champagne
Blend: 50% Pinot Noir, 50% Chardonnay.
$99.00
Winebow
Laurent Perrier Grand Siècle with Glasses
Grand Siècle is made with a pinot noir and chardonnay blend, with the latter being slightly dominant. Twelve of the most prestigious villages supply these grapes; all of them classified at 100% Grands Crus such as Ambonnay, Verzenay, Mailly, Avize, Cramant, Chouilly and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger. Within the vineyards of these villages, only the very best plots are selected, as are the finest musts from the pressings. The blended wine is then aged during the second fermentation on the yeast for approximately five years.
It has a bright color, with a brilliant yellow hue. Its subtle aromas of honey, hazelnuts, grilled almonds and brioche, make this the perfect companion for refined dishes. It pairs just as well with poultry and truffles as it does with veal and morel mushrooms.
$159.00
Wine Warehouse
Compass Box Flaming Heart Blended Malt Scotch Whisky Limited Edition
In this 2018 edition, we have reintroduced a subtle sherry-cask influence that adds an additional layer of complexity and richness. A medium smoky-peaty base is enriched by a sweet maltiness and notes of baking spices and dried fruit. It’s a whisky to enjoy late into the night, perfect served neat or paired with rich cheeses.
First released in 2006, Flaming Heart was the first whisky to combine the rich, complex spice of Scotch aged in new French oak with the evocative peat-fired smoke of Islay malt. It created a genre-defying style that was smouldering, spicy, complex – and so popular that we’ve re-released it five more times in the years that followed.
$155.00
True Brands
1-Bottle Love the Wine You're With Gift Bag
Take some advice with your next sip of wine! Chardonnay, Syrah, or Sauvignon Blanc - no matter the varietal, just love the wine you're with.
- Premium quality (190 gsm) paper
- Holds one standard wine bottle
- Ribbon handles
- Gold foil accent
- Gift tag included
$4.00
Revel
Broc Cellars Love Red
WINEMAKER’S NOTES: The Love Red grapes were harvested in the second week of September to preserve the grape’s natural acidity. The Carignan and Syrah were both whole cluster fermented and destemmed in concrete and stainless tanks. The Valdiguié went under carbonic fermentation in stainless steel. Aged for 8 months in concrete and neutral French oak barrels.
VITICULTURAL AREA: The grapes come from 70 year old vines in Solano County’s Green Valley. This area is tucked between Napa and Suisun Valley. Parenti and Wirth Ranch each provide Syrah and Valdiguié for this blend. The Carignan comes solely from Parenti Vineyard. The grapes of each vineyard grow in clay loam soils and come from mostly dry-farmed and head-pruned vines.
BLEND: 77% Carignan, 15% Valdiguié, 8% Syrah,
ALC: 12.5% alcohol
$22.00
Revel
Broc Cellars Love Red Can
WINEMAKER’S NOTES: The Love Red grapes were harvested in the second week of September to preserve the grape’s natural acidity. The Carignan and Syrah were both whole cluster fermented and destemmed in concrete and stainless tanks. The Valdiguié went under carbonic fermentation in stainless steel. Aged for 8 months in concrete and neutral French oak barrels.
VITICULTURAL AREA: The grapes come from 70 year old vines in Solano County’s Green Valley. This area is tucked between Napa and Suisun Valley. Parenti and Wirth Ranch each provide Syrah and Valdiguié for this blend. The Carignan comes solely from Parenti Vineyard. The grapes of each vineyard grow in clay loam soils and come from mostly dry-farmed and head-pruned vines.
BLEND: 77% Carignan, 15% Valdiguié, 8% Syrah,
ALC: 12.5% alcohol
$10.00
Charles Chocolates
Charles Chocolate Meltaway Hearts
This box of beautiful confections features our Meltaway hearts – a contemporary interpretation of the classic Midwest candy.
Confections: 12 pieces
Mint Meltaway, Raspberry Meltaway, Mocha Meltaway
$25.00
California Caviar
California Caviar Sake Trout Roe 2 oz
$29.00
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California Caviar Royal Russian Osetra Caviar 1 oz
$149.00
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California Caviar Kaluga (Hybrid) 1 oz
$99.00
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California Caviar Siberian Sturgeon 1 oz
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California Caviar Salmon Roe 2 oz
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California Caviar
California Caviar Truffle Infused Whitefish Roe 2 oz
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