SMWS 55.75 EXOTIC OPULENCE
$201.99
EXOTIC OPULENCE
This 16 year old Highland spent 13 years in an ex-bourbon barrel before transfer to a 1st fill HTMC hogshead and has an abv of 56.9%.
Flavour profile: Juicy, oak & vanilla
Distilled on: 5 August 2006
Outturn: 282 bottles
SMWS 100.45 ON THE SIDE OF EQUILIBRIUM
$164.99
ON THE SIDE OF EQUILIBRIUM
This 12 year old Speysider spent 7 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead before being transferred to a 1st fill Shiraz hogshead, and its abv is 58.6%.
Flavour profile: Spicy & dry
Distilled on: 22 June 2012
Outturn: 259 bottles
Torlesse Gewurztraminer
$26.99
Torlesse takes its name from an early Canterbury resident, surveyor and farmer, Englishman Charles Torlesse. He gave his name to the Torlesse mountain range, which partly circles the Canterbury Plains, and was at one time the largest land owner and farmer in North Canterbury and the founder of the nearby town of Rangiora. Interestingly, Torlesse is also the name given to the underlying bedrock from which most New Zealand soils are derived. The Torlesse winery was built and opened in March 2000, but Torlesse has produced wines from 1991 onwards, making it one of the older wineries in Waipara. Most grapes are hand harvested, and the winemaking team is led by owners Ben & Pete Rayner, while Maggie Rayner leads the cellar door team. They have been cultivating and producing excellent wine for over 30 years.
Torlesse Omihi Road Pinot Noir
$32.99
Torlesse takes its name from an early Canterbury resident, surveyor and farmer, Englishman Charles Torlesse. He gave his name to the Torlesse mountain range, which partly circles the Canterbury Plains, and was at one time the largest land owner and farmer in North Canterbury and the founder of the nearby town of Rangiora. Interestingly, Torlesse is also the name given to the underlying bedrock from which most New Zealand soils are derived. The Torlesse winery was built and opened in March 2000, but Torlesse has produced wines from 1991 onwards, making it one of the older wineries in Waipara. Most grapes are hand harvested, and the winemaking team is led by owners Ben & Pete Rayner, while Maggie Rayner leads the cellar door team. They have been cultivating and producing excellent wine for over 30 years.
Anselmo Mendes Pardusco
$26.99
A red Vinho Verde from Anselmo Mendes! This red blend is made using three black grapes native to the region: Alvarelhão, Pedral, and Cainho.
Anselmo Mendes is recognized not only for the excellence of the wines he produces but also for the surprising and consistent way he innovates. Combining the use of age-old techniques, such as fermentation on skins, with bold winemaking methods such as the fermentation of Alvarinho in oak casks, he is established in Portugal and abroad with an original design and his own identity. Anselmo Mendes wines are the result of a long, faithful connection to the land, an experimentalist and studious spirit and a philosophy of respect for the ecosystem that translates into methods of integrated production. He is widely regarded as the best producer of white wines in Portugal.
SMWS 162.5 INVIGORATING AND REFRESHING
$168.99
INVIGORATING AND REFRESHING
In the first appearance from this distillery for SMWS Canada, this 5 year old from the Highland Islands was matured in a new chinkapin oak barrel and has an abv of 61.1%.
Flavour profile: Spicy & sweet
Distilled on: 4 October 2019
Outturn: 265 bottles
SMWS 28.108 CRANBERRY REVERIE
$191.99
CRANBERRY REVERIE
This 12 year old from the Highlands was matured in a 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel and has an abv of 60.9%.
Flavour profile: Sweet, fruity & mellow
Distilled on: 21 May 2012
Outturn: 206 bottles
SMWS WANDERING ALCHEMY
$176.99
WANDERING ALCHEMY
This 10 year old blended malt contains malt whisky from all five of Scotland's regions; the liquid came from ex-bourbon, oloroso, PX & HTMC barrels & hogsheads, and was bottled at 58.4%.
Flavour profile: Lightly peated
Outturn: 1531 bottles
Le Clos des Cazaux Prestige Gigondas
$66.99
The Le Clos des Cazaux estate has been a family property focused on viticulture for five generations since Gabriel Archimbaud, an ancestor, was one of the first to produce wines from Vacqueyras in 1947. It is now owned and operated by brothers Jean-Michel and Frédéric Vache. They farm 35 hectares, 20 in Vacqueyras and another 15 in Gigondas. They own mostly low-yielding hillside vineyards, fashioning high-quality white wines, rosés, and red blends. Their Gigondas vineyards are situated in the heart of the Dentelles de Montmirail massif range that has been in the family since the 1950s. This very special terroir benefits from the solar power of the southern slope, balanced by the cool nights at higher altitudes, mostly on clay soils. The reds are blended primarily from Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre. however, they include lesser-known grapes such as Aubun, Counoise, Cinsault, Muscardin and Carignan. The white wines mainly employ old-vine Clairette, complemented by Roussanne, Grenache Blanc, and a little Viognier.