Yarra Yering Dry White
$73.99
Established in 1969, Yarra Yering is recognized as one of Australia’s most iconic vineyards. From 29 hectares of dry-grown vines in the Yarra Valley, they produce wines renowned for their signature structure, understated power, and enduring longevity. Yarra Yering is one of the oldest and most beautiful vineyards in Victoria's Yarra Valley with 28 hectares of vines located at the foot of the Warramate Hills. Established in 1969 by Dr Bailey Carrodus, the 1973 vintage saw production of the first vintage of Dry Red Wine No. 1 and Dry Red Wine No. 2. Yarra Yering quickly gained an international reputation for quality and individuality and paved the way for other Yarra Valley wineries.
Yarra Yering produces elegant, complex and powerful wines. Approachable as young wines, they have the ability to develop in the bottle for many years. Today, Yarra Yering winemaker Sarah Crowe (James Halliday's 2017 Australian Winemaker of the Year) honors the tradition started by Dr Carrodus.
North Star Linkwood 9 Year
$107.99
This 9 year old Linkood is the marriage of 3 Oloroso Octaves with 2 Refill Sherry Hogsheads. 52.9%
Bowmore 18 Year
$164.99
In an effort to confuse customers and take up more shelf space, Bowmore now has two different bottlings of its venerated 18 year old. Unfortunately, they look remarkably similar. What you see here is the core Bowmore 18 Year Old - not to be confused with the Bowmore 18 Year Old Sherry Wood.
This core range Bowmore 18 Year Old is bottled at 43%.
Producer Description
"Our 18 year old is matured in hand-selected American oak ex-Bourbon casks and European oak Oloroso sherry casks, giving it a complex and exquisitely layered persona."
Ardnamurchan Peated Sauternes Cask
$115.99
This fully peated Ardnamurchan was initially matured in ex-Bourbon casks for 3 years, before finishing for another 3.5 years in Sauternes casks. 50%.
Millstone 7 Year Pajarete Cask
$101.99
This curious Dutch single malt was matured 7 years in Pajarete wine casks, before bottling at 46%. There is a connection between Pajarete wine, and the legendary (though also infamous) Paxarette casks used by the Scotch industry until they were banned in the early 1990s. Millstone's whisky was matured in proper Pajarete wine casks.
Paxarette casks were created by Scottish cooperages who would inject new or tired old casks with a sweet wine made from a concentrated Pedro Ximenez sherry wine (including the grape must) at high pressure. The whiskies matured in these casks took on a deep colour, with an intense, sweet, and fruity profile. The casks were banned by the Scotch whisky association in the 1990s, though laws in Spain preventing the export of un-bottled sherry also played a part.
Producer Description
"This malt whisky is dark, rich, and luscious. The whisky expresses those typical notes that you would expect from a full maturation in a Pajarete wine cask. In spite of the full maturation in Pajarete casks the first impression is fresh more than sweet. When you give the whisky a little time in your glass, the whisky shines with its warm and complex character. The unique qualities of this whisky come from the use of a crystal clear wort that is slowly fermented for 7 days, and the slow distillation method with the relatively early cut point. After distillation the whisky had a full maturation in Pajarete casks that give the whisky its beautiful colour and adds to the elegant sweetness and rich leathery notes."
Millstone 10 Year Oloroso Sherry
$129.99
Millstone bottles some of the best sherry matured whiskies in the world, and we can't wait to try this 10 year old matured in Oloroso Sherry. 46%
Uncommon Calgary Crab Apple Cider
$28.99
Notes from the Bottle
" Only 150 bottles of this cider were produced from a single French oak barrel making this cider a truely special & rare release of our Uncommon Expressions series. Showing what patience, oak, and the perfect type of apples can capture something truly magical
This cider is made exclusively from Calgary Dolgo crab apples creating a cider with stewed strawberries, leather and rhubarb aromatics blend into acidity of strawberry sour candies , dried orange zest and chewy tannins finish with a complex creamy mouthfeel.
A whole palate experience; this one's for all you fancy folk. "
Uncommon Crab Pear Cider
$29.99
Info from the Bottle,
"In the cider-world, crabapples and pears sit on opposite ends of the spectrum of ingredients. Pears are sweet and subtle, wOKhereas crabapples are intense, bringing layers of flavour and deep dimensions of acidity.
This cider is the perfect marriage between two extremes, one that demonstrates a gestalt wherein the best parts of each shine, creating something better than either component could be alone."
Decadent Drams Deanston 27 Year
$659.99
This 1997 vintage Deanston was bottled at 50.4% from a Refill Hogshead cask after 27 years. 89.13pts Whiskybase & 90pts Whisky Fun
Producer Description
"A beautifully old-school Highland single malt, distilled in 1997 and patiently aged for 27 years in a modest refill hogshead. Bottled at natural cask strength, this whisky showcases Deanston’s wonderfully waxy, distillate-driven style at its purest. Rich, elegant, and deeply characterful, it’s a classic example of long maturation done right: no frills, just exceptional spirit allowed to shine."