Aberlour 12 Year
$91.99
Nestled in the heart of Speyside, Aberlour means “Mouth of the chattering burn†in Gaelic. A philanthropist named James Fleming founded the distillery in 1879. It's adjacent to St. Drostan’s Well, which provides the distillery with its wonderfully pure spring water. These days, Pernod Ricard/Chivas Brothers owns the distillery.
Ninety 20 Year Canadian Whisky
$76.99
Highwood distillery has blended this Canadian whisky from corn spirit matured at least 20 years. Whisky Advocate Magazine recently highlighted it as #4 on their list of Fall 2013 releases, scoring it 91pts.
Basilio Izquierdo B de Basilio Tinto
$87.99
The B de Basilio Red displays a brilliant, purple-hued ruby color. This suave, fruit encased red is brightly fragrant. Rich scents of black cherry and strawberry immediately greet you on the nose, followed by hints of clay and loam. The attack is supple, silky and juicy with additional notes of blackberry and raspberry. Fine, creamy oak tones emerge, adding roundness to the supple mouthfeel. Seamlessly integrated acidity and very fine ripe tannins provide structure. The long finish is capped by soft hints of spice and chewy strawberry.
Basilio Izquierdo is a truly iconic Rioja winemaker, responsible for dozens of true classics that bring Rioja aficionados to tears, such as the great 'Imperial' and 'Viña Real' Gran Reservas of the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s, and the mythic Contino ’82 Reserva. In 2006, after more than 32 years as head winemaker at CVNE, he started his own personally inspired winery, Bodegas Basilio Izquierdo in a garage style cooperative winery space in the town of Laguardia within the Rioja Alavesa sub-zone of Rioja. His goal: to explore some of the lost art of Rioja winemaking in conjunction with his knowledge of the latest techniques and materials. In that first year his white wine production consisted of one new French oak barrel. Since then he has expanded to an annual production of about 5000 bottles of barrel aged red and 700 bottles of barrel fermented white.
Basilio's understanding of many of the lost traditions of Rioja form the basis for his methods and philosophy. He uses only grapes from old vine vineyards planted with massally selected vines pre-dating modern clones, which contributes to their character and complexity. Masal selection involves using a vineyard's existing plant material when replanting, thus maintaining the genetic heritage of the vineyard. Honouring earlier traditions, he employs more Garnacha in the Red and Garnacha Blanca in the White, which lend a juicy, fruity suppleness to the Red and rich tropical notes to the White, respectively. However, underneath their fruit laden exteriors these wines offer beautiful and harmonious structure that makes them worthy of long aging.
Mezcal Union El Viejo
$124.99
From Mezcal Union comes this bottling made with both Espadin and Tobala agave.
St George Botanivore
$52.99
Felton Road Cornish Point Pinot Noir
$119.99
92+ points from Robert Parker's Wine Advocate! The review: "Medium to deep ruby-purple colored, the 2013 Cornish Point Pinot Noir is a little closed on the nose showing nuances of black fruits, mossy bark and fertile loam with a floral undercurrent. Medium bodied with a great core of expressive red and black cherry flavors supported by firm grainy tannins and just enough acid, it finishes long with a herbal lift."
Fossacolle Rosso Di Montalcino
$46.99
Marchetti Sergio owner of the estate of Fossacolle, belongs to an old patriarchal family of the 18th century. This family’s descendants have ever been living and farming on the land of a large and noble lineage. At the beginning of the 80s, the owner of this land sold the territories where the Marchettis worked and decided to donate them the “Podere Fossacolle”. In 1984, the first Sangiovese vineyards were planted, marking the start of the viticulture activity on the property. Some years later, the vineyards were registered as Brunello di Montalcino, allowing the winery to develop the enological aspects along with investments in modern gear and wood barrels. On January 1st, 2002, the winery issued their first Brunello di Montalcino, vintage 1997. The 2022 Rosso features aromas of ripe, dried red fruits and blood orange. It offers considerable complexity on the palate, displaying dark fruit and spicy notes with firm ripe tannins.
Delirium Noel Pack
$29.99
This gift pack contains one each of the Delirium Tremens tripel and the Delirium Nocturnum, along with two bottles of the Delirium Christmas and a beautiful tulip glass. This is the only way you can find a bottle of the Christmas seasonal for now in Alberta.
Jack Daniel`s Sinatra Select
$329.99
"A tribute to Jack's biggest fan - Frank Sinatra - Sinatra Select is rich amber in color with a bold character, a pleasant smokiness and a vanilla finish," according to the team at Jack Daniels.