Mile High Spirits
Domaine des Roches Neuves (Thierry Germain)
L'Insolite Saumur Chenin Blanc 2007
Still young with his 8 years of age, can go the extra mile. Great, steely mineral drive, high acid, strong finish. — 10 years ago
Miro
Cuvée Sasha - Monte Lago Vineyard 2012
Great tasting blend. Paired well without dinner at Mile Wine Company. — 10 years ago
White Rock Vineyards
Napa Valley Claret Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2010
One of the only wineries in Napa that bottle ages in the cave walls. Old-world technique for an awesome old-world styled wine. Bottles may have come down, but spirits still high and lucky stars counted. — 11 years ago
Vini Biondi
Outis (Nessuno) Etna DOC Rosso Nerello Blend 2008
Pale garnet with orange rim. Volcanic fairy dust presents quickly on nose, then dehydrated plum, Cointreau, brown sugar, Worschestershire, nettle, clove, black olive, campfire ash. Palate brings med+/high- acid, high tannin, med+ alc, flavors of tart red cherry, black olive, brown spice, fairy dust minerality, cigar paper, American Spirits. Long finish, improving with air and thank you *tres much* — 11 years ago
Bargylus
Grand Vin de Syrie Cabernet Blend 2008
The wine is clear and bright with a deep garnet colour.
It is clean and in a developing stage in the nose, displaying intense aromas of lavender, ripe dark plums, dark cherries, black pepper, cedar and clove.
In the mouth it is dry with a medium acidity. It has firm fine-grained tannins and a warm high alcohol strength. It is full-bodied and fleshy, with a pronounced juicy concentration. The finish is very long.
It is a very good quality wine. It has a wealth of flavour concentration and a lingering finish. The tannins are well-balanced by the alcohol and th fruit, and it also shows some degree of complexity provided by oak ageing, but not enough to go the extra mile. Its main sin may be being a bit too international in style, with too prominent oaky notes, however if anyone knows what's the true expression of a Syrian wine let me know. And this is more a question of style than "objective" quality. — 10 years ago
Rolling River Spirits
Coffee Flavored Vodka
Distilled so it's clear. Based on arabica (tastes like a very high quality coffee maybe stumptown?) — 10 years ago
Mile High Winery
Cabernet Sauvignon 2011
Wine Date with CJ & Stephanie. — 11 years ago
Produttori del Barbaresco
Barbaresco Nebbiolo 2012
Midweek wine! Classic and tradional Barbaresco nebbiolo. Bright, fresh red cherry and rose, dried cranberry, anise, a bit of leather, cola, menthol freshness, and just a tad of that tar and baked clay starting to develop. Already quite aromatic, yet I can tell that it has so much room to open up still, and would age beautifully. High acid, moderate body and firm tannic structure, but the the tannins are quite fine and velvety. Elegance with power. Opened spontaneously after kind of a rough day and it's honestly just what we needed. Amazing how treating yourself with a surprisingly good bottle of wine can change your spirits! — 9 years ago
Circle T Winery & Vineyards
MST Arkansas Mountains Syrah Blend
This is an astounding dessert wine, although it really doesn't taste like dessert at all. It's made dry, Port-style and hits 19% abv. I would never have guessed that high, as smooth as the wine drinks. Dessert wines always seem bombastic in one way or another - "Check out all this residual sugar!" or "How 'bout that fortification, buddy!" This one is as elegant and smooth as a good tawny. The fruit is dark and plentiful - brooding and slightly funky on the nose, rich and perfectly balanced on the palate - like a Syrah oughta be. The tannins are extremely gentle. Afterward, it's the fruit you remember, not the spirits. The grapes are organically farmed at Circle T Vineyards in Arkansas. — 10 years ago
Venus Spirits
Blend No. 1 Small Batch Gin
Breakfast gin at K&L. Wonderful creamy texture balanced by fine high toned citrus and clean juniper. Lovely craft gin from Rasta Cruz. — 11 years ago
Aaron Tan
Burnt caramel, fruit cake, brine, vegetal perhaps, wood, malt, and a good dose of smoke. Thanks to GC for this amazing drop!
Note: High Spirits is an Italian independent bottler owned by Ferdinando (Nadi) Fiori, which specialises in single cask single malts bottled at cask strength. This bottling is part of the Loch and Castles of Scotland series (No 4 of 18), sporting some beautiful old prints of the subject-in-question on the front label. Incidentally, bottle no 4 of 326 (and 18 mags). Distilled 1995, bottled 2005. Ex-port cask. Springbank Distillery, Campbeltown.
From the whisky whiz KL's IG, although I didn't exactly get the same notes (much to learn here; KL tasted the exact same bottle): A very unique nose. Quite vegetal, capsicum, with a touch of smoke. Rather tight. Palate is sweet and syrupy, vegetal, earthy, and malty. Left to open in the glass for 10 to 15 min, and that's when the magical Springbank character appeared. Beautiful and elegant. Lots of port character. — 8 years ago