From Carragena de Indias, Colombia, comes this rum which has been aged, like sherry, by blending younger product with older prior to bottling. Raisin pie, cocoa, caramel and toasted nuts on the nose with flavours of dried fruit, nuts and oloroso sherry. Well-balanced and smooth, with a long, memorable finish.
Bold aromatics grab your attention with ripe peach, spicy tangerine and white flowers. The lees-enriched palate delivers honey notes up-front, bright peach on the mid-palate, and a dry, clean, citrus-zest finish. The 15% French oak barrel fermentation brings out well-balanced complexity. Begs for seafood.
A well-priced Napa Chardonnay. Bright straw colour; smoky, toasty, tropical fruit nose; full-bodied, dry, mouth-filling tropical fruit flavours with oak spice notes and a nutty finish. Good length.
Organic and biodynamic, the 2012 Quarry Chardonnay is an open and accessible offering with pear, anise, honey, yellow apple, pineapple and vanilla qualities. Medium body; there is excellent length and sound acidity. Perfect with lobster and drawn butter with grilled salmon filet.
Tempranillo, Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon from DO La Mancha fill out this smooth, full blend, redolent with sun-baked black fruits, liquorice, pipe tobacco and sweet spice, and built on 6 months in American and French oak. Tannins are supple, dusky and downy textured through the pencil-laden, drying finish. Some interesting detailing here, and worth adding into your mid-week rotation, especially with grilled sausages.
A bowl of fragrant fruit salad in a blooming garden of flowers sums up this new Moscato from Yalumba. Crystalline lime and a bead of spritz livens up baked pear, tangerine, lemongrass and ripe gooseberry fruit, all wrapped up in a sweet, zippy body and with 8.5% alcohol. A lime sherbet note lingers on the finish. Oz meets Asti, great for light fruit desserts.
Made from Cabernet Franc, this is a characterful wine showing fleshy berry and plum flavours with herbal and savoury notes, somewhat astringent tannins and a splash of dark chocolate on the finish. Pair with Mediterranean-style spicy grilled meats or firm-ripened cheeses.