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| If you’re going to have Robert Parker or Stephen Tanzer over for dinner, selecting a wine they’ve rated highly will be a nice choice. However, when you’re buying wines for yourself, we’d love to see you find wines that match up your unique palate and pocketbook. We have a large staff of friendly and knowledgeable wine professionals that taste hundreds of wines each week. They can put you in touch with bottles that you are likely to love, often at a much lower cost than the highly-rated gems that often see a run-up in price and frequent availability issues. Like any great group of opinionated professionals, our staff has varied tastes themselves. Often our customers will find a particular staff member with a style that corresponds to their own. That concept works extremely well in our retail stores, and this section is our effort to bring you the same online. Don’t get us wrong, we love the highly rated wines from the press and will continue to offer them, but we think you’re missing out if you’re not augmenting those selections with picks from our excellent staff. Here are their favorites. (Click on a name to see their other selections - or to drop them a line.) Cheers! |
Reviews
St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur (750ml)
By: Jeremy Bohrer | Review Date: 11/16/2011 | Send Email
By: Jeremy Bohrer | Review Date: 11/16/2011 | Send Email
This stuff is liquid deliciousness. You can put in anything and it will make it taste wonderful. Seriously, you could put this in muddy water and it would still make it great. Floral, light and bright, with an elegance with no equal. Try it in sparkling wine. Yummy!
St. George "Terroir" Mount Tamalpais Gin (750ml)
By: Sarah Covey | Review Date: 11/15/2011 | Send Email
By: Sarah Covey | Review Date: 11/15/2011 | Send Email
Having read Melissa and David's reviews of this gin, I was excited but rather dubious in approaching it- how could it be so expressive of the terrior of Northern California? I poured it over ice, added some Fevertree Tonic water and a splash of lime and BAM! Hands down the most incredible experience of drinking in the landscape I love so much! Bay laurel, damp redwood, eucalyptus, wild fennel & dill- this California girl is enraptured!
Price:
$27.99
Graham's "Six Grapes" Reserve Port
By: Christie Brunick | Review Date: 11/10/2011 | Send Email
By: Christie Brunick | Review Date: 11/10/2011 | Send Email
The best value I've tasted for a full 750ml bottle of Ruby Port! Dark and deep in color with loads of black fruit, spice, and chocolate on the nose. Richly intense with a creamy mid-palate with plenty of good acidity to balance it out. I'll be definitely buying some for the holiday season!
Lini "Labrusca" Lambrusco Emilia Rosé
By: Illya Haase | Review Date: 11/3/2011 | Send Email
By: Illya Haase | Review Date: 11/3/2011 | Send Email
Pizza and Labrusco: what a great combo! Basil and Lini rose were made for each other. I need not say more.
Price:
$16.99
Deutz "Classic" Brut Champagne
By: Kyle Kurani | Review Date: 10/30/2011 | Send Email
By: Kyle Kurani | Review Date: 10/30/2011 | Send Email
I recently tasted this at our Champagne event and was pleasantly suprised by the balance and concentration of this wine. A balanced blend with richness and stone fruit notes as well and a very full mouth feel.
St. George "Botanivore" Gin (750ml)
By: Jeffrey Jones | Review Date: 10/3/2011 | Send Email
By: Jeffrey Jones | Review Date: 10/3/2011 | Send Email
There seems to always be something exciting and delicious coming from the people at St. George. The Bontanivore is a lovely and aromatic offering. It is complex with layers of enticing aromas but is not light or flavorless. If I had to choose a word for this gin it would "elegant". I would also add delicious.
San Venanzio Fortunato Brut Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Superiore
By: Kyle Kurani | Review Date: 9/27/2011 | Send Email
By: Kyle Kurani | Review Date: 9/27/2011 | Send Email
Exactly what I look for in a Prosecco, crisp, refreshing and fruity without being sweet and cloying. Greg did a wonderful job finding this producer to bring in directly, stone and core fruits jump out of the glass, continuing on the palate with a lovely clean mouth feel. A bright lovely drink that is the perfect start of an evening.
Price:
$15.99
Louis Roque "La Vieille Prune Reserve L.O.R." Plum Brandy (750ml)
By: David Othenin-Girard | Review Date: 8/28/2011 | Send Email
By: David Othenin-Girard | Review Date: 8/28/2011 | Send Email
I'm smitten with this fun little spirit from the north eastern part of the French Southwest. This plum brandy is one of the easiest to appreciate, but will impress even the most jaded brandy lover. Forward sweet oak proceeds and incredibly deep fruitiness. No heat on the palate, the powerful fruit feels like its been sweetened, but it's in fact very dry.
Price:
$54.99
Rare Wine Company "Historic Series - Savannah" Verdelho Madeira
By: David Othenin-Girard | Review Date: 8/28/2011 | Send Email
By: David Othenin-Girard | Review Date: 8/28/2011 | Send Email
Madeira has been relegated to the shelves of cooks for years, but the Rare Wine Co. is changing that with it's phenomenal line of Historically significant single variety Madeiras. This shows intense fresh cotton candy, freshly cracked almond and a deep earthy rancio fruit on the nose. The palate EXPLODES with acidity negating any sweetness that might have been there. Because of the ridiculous way they make Madeira, this basically has no shelf life, so open it today and drink over the next year!
La Cigarrera Manzanilla Sanlucar de Barrameda (375ml)
By: David Othenin-Girard | Review Date: 8/28/2011 | Send Email
By: David Othenin-Girard | Review Date: 8/28/2011 | Send Email
Gwah! Great Manzanilla for nothing at all. If you don't like sherry then we can't be friends, but if you at least try this bottle I'll forgive you forever. An accurate example of this stupendous style of sherry. Intense and nutty, very very rich with a racy balancing acidity. This is what I LIKE!!!
Price:
$18.99
El Dorado 12 Year Old Demerara Guyana Rum
By: David Othenin-Girard | Review Date: 8/28/2011 | Send Email
By: David Othenin-Girard | Review Date: 8/28/2011 | Send Email
An incredible example of why the El Dorado Rum should be considered some of the world's finest. From a famous rum producing nation, Guyana, Demerara Distillers Ltd is the last functioning distillery in this Caribbean jungle nation. Using some of the world's oldest stills, DDL has been able to continue Guyana's legacy of producing the finest rums. Every offering from El Dorado is strikingly different, but the 12 year stands alone in terms of bang for your buck. This is a blend of 4 rums from 4 different types of still and represents the old style Guyana rum. Delicious!
Price:
$36.99
Combier Liqueur D'Orange Triple Sec (750ml)
By: David Othenin-Girard | Review Date: 8/28/2011 | Send Email
By: David Othenin-Girard | Review Date: 8/28/2011 | Send Email
I'm picky about my triple sec. Most people look at triple sec like a filler, something that doesn't really have to be of the highest quality. I say to them, "look again!" Trying triple sec of varying quality side by side will immediately tell you that this assumption is flawed. Combier is one of the finest triple sec available and should be considered as such. This makes every difference in your drink so don't skimp.
Price:
$34.99
Barbancourt 5 Star 8 Year Old Haitian Rum (750ml)
By: David Othenin-Girard | Review Date: 8/28/2011 | Send Email
By: David Othenin-Girard | Review Date: 8/28/2011 | Send Email
Haiti's largest export is rhum. Barbancourt is essentially the ONLY rhum being exported from the troubled island nation. It is a testament to their commitment to quality. Made in a very similar style to the AOC rums of it's neighbors Martinique and Guadeloupe, Barbancourt 5 Star is one of my favorites. Fresh and light on its feet, you have all the intensity of a great Agricole rhum without the funky undertones. One of the best values in the store.
Price:
$34.99
Cognac Park VSOP Cognac (750ml)
By: Gary Lai | Review Date: 8/20/2011 | Send Email
By: Gary Lai | Review Date: 8/20/2011 | Send Email
Pure sheer silkiness! This cognac has quiet elegance and classiness!
Price:
$54.99
Pol Roger "Réserve" Brut Champagne
By: Christie Brunick | Review Date: 8/11/2011 | Send Email
By: Christie Brunick | Review Date: 8/11/2011 | Send Email
One of my new favorite finds at K&L! This is a gorgeous Champagne. Lots of focus and elegance showing from start to finish. Just slightly toasty, this Brut is full of integrated acid and fresh minerality that will have your taste buds tingling and salivating for more! An amazing value for under $40 as well! Stock up for the holidays before its gone!
Billecart-Salmon "Le Réserve" Champagne
By: Clyde Beffa Jr. | Review Date: 8/9/2011 | Send Email
By: Clyde Beffa Jr. | Review Date: 8/9/2011 | Send Email
As focused as ever, almost lemony on the palate and super refreshing. It reminds me of when we sold a special Billecart "K&L Cuvée" years back.
Ariston Aspasie "Réserve" Brut Champagne
By: Kirk Walker | Review Date: 7/29/2011 | Send Email
By: Kirk Walker | Review Date: 7/29/2011 | Send Email
This is the go to value Champagne here at K&L. Dry, toasty with subtle fruit notes. Everything you want from Champagne except for the price tag!
Price:
$37.99
Louis Roque "La Vieille Prune Reserve L.O.R." Plum Brandy (750ml)
By: Jeffrey Jones | Review Date: 7/4/2011 | Send Email
By: Jeffrey Jones | Review Date: 7/4/2011 | Send Email
This has got to be one of the most interesting spirits that I have tasted in a long time. The Roque Vieille Prune is, however, more than interesting, it is very good. It has seductve prune aromas that lead to prune and aged cognac like flavors. The Roque Vieille Prune should delight and surprise even the most jaded spirits drinker.
Price:
$54.99
Russian River Brewing Co. "Blind Pig" IPA, California (510ml) *NO SHIPPING/TRANSFERS OUTSIDE BAY AREA*
By: Jeremy Bohrer | Review Date: 7/4/2011 | Send Email
By: Jeremy Bohrer | Review Date: 7/4/2011 | Send Email
Hops, hops and more hops...but balanced. Russian River Brewing is making some of the most sought after beers in the country these days and for good reason. The Blind Pig has everything you could want in an IPA. It's bitter but balanced with some fruit and spice. I may be a vegan but I love me some Blind Pig.
Price:
$5.99
| Limit of 12 per customer |
La Caudrina "La Selvatica" Asti
By: Sarah Covey | Review Date: 7/4/2011 | Send Email
By: Sarah Covey | Review Date: 7/4/2011 | Send Email
A soft, mildly sweet Moscato d'Asti with light floral aromas. A pleasant choice (best when chilled) to enjoy on its own or for a sunny Sunday brunch on the terrace with friends!
Price:
$22.99
St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur (750ml)
By: Sarah Covey | Review Date: 7/4/2011 | Send Email
By: Sarah Covey | Review Date: 7/4/2011 | Send Email
Drinking St. Germain is like drinking liquid flowers! Subtle, sweet and captivating. Who knew that hand-picked elderflowers from the French Alps could be so lovely? Delicious with Gran Cava champagne with a curly twist of orange, even more amazing with soda on the rocks! I served St. Germain with soda and fresh watermelon juice at a springtime cocktail party, and could hardly keep up with the demand! My absolute favorite spirit for spring and summer!
El Dorado 15 Year Old Demerara Guyana Rum (750ml)
By: Mahon McGrath | Review Date: 7/1/2011 | Send Email
By: Mahon McGrath | Review Date: 7/1/2011 | Send Email
Demerara-rah; that’s the spirit! The El Dorado 15 year certainly shows the benefits of the time that the spirit spent in barrel in the initial intensity of the nose and palate. What is better still is it pulls back a bit towards the finish and finds a little reserve, avoiding the bombast of certain other “too much isn’t nearly enough” long-aged spirits. Toasted chestnuts, antique woodsy vanilla and candied pear, papaya and pineapple ornament a core of lush, sweet sugar cane that switches about between the continuum of sugar-brown sugar-molasses without ever settling on just one, a sort of olfactory iridescence. Pull up an evening and a chair and settle in; you’ll want to linger long—in the same way that the finish does—with this rum.
Franck Bonville Grand Cru Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
By: Jim Boyce | Review Date: 6/30/2011 | Send Email
By: Jim Boyce | Review Date: 6/30/2011 | Send Email
This is another outstanding, easy to like champagne from Bonville. 100% estate chardonnay from three vintages, this bottle intertwines clean citrus and crisp apple with solid, chalky minerality to create some seriously great bubbles. Refreshing alone on a warm summer day or paired with some of your favorite seafood appetizers, this champagne is sure to please.
Ariston Aspasie "Réserve" Brut Champagne
By: Mike Parres | Review Date: 6/18/2011 | Send Email
By: Mike Parres | Review Date: 6/18/2011 | Send Email
This is made of 40% chardonnay, 30% pinot noir and 30% meunier. Bone dry,with good complexity & GREAT price.
Price:
$37.99
Ariston Aspasie "Réserve" Brut Champagne
By: Steve Greer | Review Date: 6/7/2011 | Send Email
By: Steve Greer | Review Date: 6/7/2011 | Send Email
This is our best value Champagne in the store. Comprised of all three grapes this Champagne shows you can have both good value and great taste. Nutty, brioche and apple fill the nose and palate with a mouth filling mousse. Only $24.99 and I promise everyone you poured this for would enjoy it.
Price:
$37.99
Launois "Cuvée Réservée" Grand Cru Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
By: Steve Greer | Review Date: 6/7/2011 | Send Email
By: Steve Greer | Review Date: 6/7/2011 | Send Email
Every year this is one of my favorite Champagnes. Green apple and mineral on the nose and palate and the 3 years on the lees provides a fantastic mouth feel with plenty of acidity keeping it very crisp and clean. 100% Grand Cru fruit for only $34.99. Crazy.
Price:
$39.99
Franck Bonville Grand Cru Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
By: Mike Barber | Review Date: 5/31/2011 | Send Email
By: Mike Barber | Review Date: 5/31/2011 | Send Email
Always one of our best direct import champagne producers! Clean, crisp, bright - and the price is amazing!
La Cigarrera Manzanilla Sanlucar de Barrameda (375ml)
By: Mahon McGrath | Review Date: 5/30/2011 | Send Email
By: Mahon McGrath | Review Date: 5/30/2011 | Send Email
This manzanilla plays down the toasted almond dimension of sherry, and offers instead clean, vibrant, salty aromas coupled with golden apple and a little sprinkling of parsley, even. Take a sip, and you’ll find a smooth texture and a pleasantly plump middle palate, finishing with a citric pucker and a lingering evocation of wet stone. Well worth trying where you’d normally reach for muscadet, say.
Price:
$18.99
2010 Cos d'Estournel, St-Estèphe
By: Steve Greer | Review Date: 5/16/2011 | Send Email
By: Steve Greer | Review Date: 5/16/2011 | Send Email
Spice and currant with big, lush fruit and spice on the palate. Polished with balanced tannins.
2010 Cos d'Estournel, St-Estèphe
By: Ralph Sands | Review Date: 5/16/2011 | Send Email
By: Ralph Sands | Review Date: 5/16/2011 | Send Email
Great concentration. Hints of orange peel on the strong finish.
St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur (750ml)
By: Jacques Moreira | Review Date: 5/4/2011 | Send Email
By: Jacques Moreira | Review Date: 5/4/2011 | Send Email
I love it to bits! A little drop of its magic will transform a simple bubbly into the most amazing Champagne cocktail. Thumbs up!
Billecart-Salmon "Le Rosé" Champagne
By: Christie Brunick | Review Date: 4/16/2011 | Send Email
By: Christie Brunick | Review Date: 4/16/2011 | Send Email
If I could pick any Champagne to drink on a daily basis regardless of price, it would be the Beautiful Billecart Salmon Rose! Without a doubt your last sip will still taste as good as the first. And your obsession will start at your first sip. This is a clean and elegant style that will impress just about any level Champagne drinker
Rare Wine Company "Historic Series - Savannah" Verdelho Madeira
By: Scott Beckerley | Review Date: 3/7/2011 | Send Email
By: Scott Beckerley | Review Date: 3/7/2011 | Send Email
We recently had a staff tasting of the wines of Spain and Portugal and had the opportunity to taste this excellent Madeira. I absolutely loved it. A nose orange peel and roasted nuts. This one is quite dry,though not bone dry, with flavors of almonds, nectarines and citrus. Worth every penny.
Rare Wine Company "Historic Series - New York" Malmsey Madeira
By: Scott Beckerley | Review Date: 3/7/2011 | Send Email
By: Scott Beckerley | Review Date: 3/7/2011 | Send Email
I had this Madeira at the same tasting that I had the Savannah from the same series and though different from the Savannah, it is just as intriguing. Where the Savannah tends towards the dry side, the New york tends towards the sweet. Where the Savannah is not bone dry, the New York is not super sweeet. It has a nose of candied oranges, coffee and candied bacon. Medium to full bodied. On the palate, toffee, date and hazelnuts. Like the Savannah, it is worth every cent!
Ariston Aspasie Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne
By: Adam Parry | Review Date: 2/27/2011 | Send Email
By: Adam Parry | Review Date: 2/27/2011 | Send Email
The Aristons' vineyards are vastly different than those of the the other blanc de blancs producers that we carry in the store. This is a creamy style Chardonnay Champagne that is always a crowd pleaser. An excellent value.
Price:
$44.99
Ariston Aspasie Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne
By: Jim Boyce | Review Date: 2/27/2011 | Send Email
By: Jim Boyce | Review Date: 2/27/2011 | Send Email
Crisp and clean with light fruit on the palate, this Ariston Blanc de Blanc is a real crowd pleaser! Apple nose and a creamy body balanced with a solid mineral mid palate makes for a slightly more complex blanc de blanc thats affordable. Grab a couple bottles for your next occcasion!
Price:
$44.99
Old Weller "Antique" 107 Proof Straight Bourbon Whiskey (750ml)
By: Gary Lai | Review Date: 2/12/2011 | Send Email
By: Gary Lai | Review Date: 2/12/2011 | Send Email
The Old Weller is becoming my everyday favorite. Sure there are pricier and more complex tasting bourbons, but for under twenty bucks, this is one smooth and easy drinking goodness! For something that is 107 proof, you won't even taste the alcohol. No burning sensations in the back of your throat! Such elegance!
Price:
$69.99
| Limit of 1 per customer |
J Vineyards "Cuvée 20" Russian River Valley Brut Sparkling Wine
By: Scott Beckerley | Review Date: 2/7/2011 | Send Email
By: Scott Beckerley | Review Date: 2/7/2011 | Send Email
One of my favorite domestic bubblies. A very pretty nose of white flowers and minerals. On the palate, green apples and grapefruit with a samll bubble and a creamy pear finish. All this at a very affordable price.
J Vineyards Russian River Valley Brut Rosé Sparkling Wine
By: Scott Beckerley | Review Date: 2/7/2011 | Send Email
By: Scott Beckerley | Review Date: 2/7/2011 | Send Email
I love this Brut Rose and it is finally not being overlooked by the Cuvee 20. Bright cherry fruit and hazelnuts with cream. Strawberry and raspberries in the mouth with a nice, long dry finish. Yummy!
Charles Baur Crémant d'Alsace Brut Rosé
By: Christie Brunick | Review Date: 2/2/2011 | Send Email
By: Christie Brunick | Review Date: 2/2/2011 | Send Email
This is not your average Alsatian Sparkling Rose! This is complex, elegant, yet approachable and perfect for sipping day or night! Full of great flinty minerality and bright racy acid for texture, yet still has a brilliant aroma of strawberry seed and wild flowers. This will keep your loved one wanting more...perfect for lovers day!
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Dudognon "Vieille Reserve" Grand Champagne Cognac (750ml)
By: Mahon McGrath | Review Date: 1/29/2011 | Send Email
By: Mahon McGrath | Review Date: 1/29/2011 | Send Email
The Dudognon Vieille Reserve puts me in mind of golden, late afternoon sunshine. It isn’t the spirit’s color, but rather the gentle, relaxed warmth this spirit seems to contain. If only we all had such refinement and grace in our twenties! The Vieille Reserve is a slight notch up in amplitude from its younger sibling, the Reserve, taking on a weightier texture and greater length while retaining an obvious stylistic kinship in its purity and delicacy. Powdery, dusty vanilla and warm spice joins light caramel, citron and dried apple notes, which then fades longer than the diminuendo on a seventies rock track outro. You'd have to be something of a curmudgeon not to feel this.
Ariston Aspasie Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne
By: Christie Brunick | Review Date: 1/5/2011 | Send Email
By: Christie Brunick | Review Date: 1/5/2011 | Send Email
Ariston has done it again! They have created a Blanc de Blanc Champagne that is so unique and special compared to all the typical blanc de blancs on the shelf. Right off the bat after the Champagne Pop you get a whiff of the aromas of fresh baked brie, ripe apple, and Gruyere fondue...followed by a mysterious mid-palate chalk full of minerals and body. This isn't your typical super racy and tight blanc de blanc. It is fully developed into a mature ready to drink state of mind. Finishes with caramelized fruit and nuts...Enjoy!!
Price:
$44.99
Leblon Natural Cane Cachaca Brasil (750ml)
By: Jacques Moreira | Review Date: 1/5/2011 | Send Email
By: Jacques Moreira | Review Date: 1/5/2011 | Send Email
Very nice Cachaça. Very floral, soft and with a touch of honey. Great for tropical cocktails.
Price:
$28.99
Charles Baur Crémant d'Alsace Brut Rosé
By: Jeff Garneau | Review Date: 12/31/2010 | Send Email
By: Jeff Garneau | Review Date: 12/31/2010 | Send Email
Gorgeous salmon color! Fresh, ripe strawberry nose. Crisp, dry style. Superb Pinot Noir character. Imported directly from the producer in Alsace, this is one of our best values in sparkling wine under $20.
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Dudognon "Reserve" Grand Champagne Cognac (750ml)
By: John Majeski | Review Date: 11/30/2010 | Send Email
By: John Majeski | Review Date: 11/30/2010 | Send Email
A voter santé! Raymond Dudognon first distilled his own cognac in 1946, following the venerable traditions laid down by his great grandfather in 1776. The heart of the Charente region, located about 100 miles northeast of Bordeaux, is called Grande Champagne, and consists of deep chalk-rich soils, perfect for creating fragrant, long-lived cognacs. Made from 100% natural Ugni Blanc, this singular spirit is blended and distilled in the traditional alambic Charentais pot and eventually aged in 350 liter barrels. The Dudognon homage to tradition stresses minimal intervention, using only pure water as an additive to create a stunning cognac that charms and caresses the palate, displaying a weightlessness and delicacy of fruit found less commonly in cognacs at twice the price. Highly recommended!
Pommery "Brut Royal" Champagne
By: Scott Beckerley | Review Date: 11/6/2010 | Send Email
By: Scott Beckerley | Review Date: 11/6/2010 | Send Email
This release from Pommery is an excellent value. It has the signature creamy and soft style of Pommery and a very affordable price. Peach fruit, cream and a hint of citrus zest on the nose. On the palate, pears, vanilla and subtle acidity. For those of you who like an elegant style that is feminine and treads softly.
Price:
$54.99
Ariston Aspasie Brut Rosé Champagne
By: Steve Greer | Review Date: 10/27/2010 | Send Email
By: Steve Greer | Review Date: 10/27/2010 | Send Email
This could be one of the best deals in our Champagne section. If you like Billecart then you will like this as a alternative in price. Nice strawberry and cherry flavors and aromas with a nice rich texture and a long finish of strawberry. Great value and a great Champagne.
Price:
$42.99
Franck Bonville Grand Cru Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
By: Jason Marwedel | Review Date: 10/26/2010 | Send Email
By: Jason Marwedel | Review Date: 10/26/2010 | Send Email
Made from all estate fruit from Bonville’s Grand Cru vineyards in Avize, this champagne displays ripe citrus and apple fruit on the nose, followed by a rich mid palate and a snappy mineral finish. The Bonville Prestige has everything I am looking for in a Blanc De Blancs at an extremely reasonable price!
Ruinart Brut Rosé "2nd Skin" Champagne 750ml bottle (ships as a 1.5L due to shape of bottle)
By: Kirk Walker | Review Date: 10/6/2010 | Send Email
By: Kirk Walker | Review Date: 10/6/2010 | Send Email
This is no ordinary rose. Yes, it is beautifully colored, has a great mouse, and is just too easy to drink but there is something else going on here as well. In one word, complexity. This is like drinking beautiful sparkling Burgundy. Wonderful aromatics, multidimensional fruit, a round, generous mid-palate and great length, this is more than special occasion Champagne, this is indulgent, you deserve it, treat yourself (family and friends optional) Champagne!
Buffalo Trace White Dog Mash #1 (375ml)
By: Mahon McGrath | Review Date: 9/30/2010 | Send Email
By: Mahon McGrath | Review Date: 9/30/2010 | Send Email
This is a White Dog you’re going to want to adopt. Don’t let the ferocious ABV deter you. Add about 1 part water to 2 parts whiskey and voila; you’ve got a surprisingly smooth and flavorful tipple that will put to rest any notion that an un-aged whiskey might be long on heat and short on flavor. The flavors are, however, quite different from those of aged bourbon. There are notes of citrus pith, grain, banana and a fresh minty-herbaceous quality that picks up a floral dimension on the finish. What’s more, it “shows up” when mixed, unlike vodka. There’s lots of room for experimentation and discovery here. Intriguing stuff!
Price:
$16.99