Claire Naudin Bourgogne Rouge 'La Plante' 2020 GiftsFlinty, earthen, ethereal: the sultry and moving dark side of Burgundy, even in a wine as seemingly simple as "just" a Bourgogne rouge. Purple and black fruit here, with a tension on the palate and a touch of rusticity. This is red wine for the fireplace, for roast meat, and not because it's big and bold, but rather because it exemplifies what great wine is supposed to be about: intensity without weight. Claire Naudin is a master of Pinot Noir, and
aged for three months in stainless steel before being bottled unfiltered
While turbinado sugar is the main source of sweetness
fermenting with native yeasts in neutral oak
This style of this variety is something the Venetian empire has specialized in since the way back of the 1980's: green
This French vodka introduced in the '90s has a very neutral profile but doesn't smell or taste like alcohol
Albert Domingo Navarro of Celler Tuets is a real tenderoni: a kinder young Catalan fellow you won't meet
meaning they end up both fruity and fresh but also with a little structure
Matthias Warnung is one of our favorite northern Austrian producers
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The two halves of The Dalmore 12 are then brought back together as a single finished whisky
The classic Tennessee whiskey
Bulleit Bourbon is produced with a high rye content and proprietary grains and yeasts
