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February 2016
Friday, February 26, 2016
Thursday, February 25, 2016
The Spirits Project: Duncan Taylor Single Cask Uitvlugt Distillery 1998 16 Year Rum; Guyana
Making the experience of super-luxury spirits crazily affordable and accessible!
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- Suggested retail price: $369
- Thursday, February 25 (for as long as it lasts), we're pouring one ounce for $11
Duncan Taylor & Company has been “laying down” casks from premium Scottish distilleries and Rum producers for decades. Only in recent years, have they made their products available to consumers. Their origin is in Glasgow where the company was initially a merchant and broker of Scotch Whisky casks within the Industry. Devotion to the principle of providing only the finest casks to be filled at Scotland’s leading distilleries has been a key feature of the company’s history.
When the company moved its headquarters to the North East of Scotland, they decided to sell directly to consumers and to cease the “brokering” of whisky in cask form to Distillery companies and Independent bottlers.
They also purchase Caribbean rum in cask and age it in the cool and damp of Scotland, to extraordinary effect. This spirit is a Demerara rum from one of the most historic stills in Guyana. There has been a great consolidation of rum production in Guyana. From over 300 distilleries a hundred years ago, now there is just one rum company. Rum from, now closed, Dutch-owned Uitvlugt Estate was always marked ICBU. The still from that estate is now owned by the one remaining distiller and it is still in production. It has always been considered among the best Guyanese Rum.
We are thrilled to present this bottle to you tonight! We will open one bottle at 6:30 precisely. When it's gone, it's gone.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
George Hendry Rides Again
Wednesday, March 9. Tasting at 6:30. Dinner at 7:15
$139 per person
George Hendry is one of the smartest men making wine anywhere. I'm not saying that just because he is a nuclear physicist. I'm not saying it because he's lived on and farmed The Hendry Ranch his entire life. I'm not saying it because for that entire time, he has approached the management of his vineyards and wines as both an artist and a scientist. My comment is born of personal experience in his phenomenal wines year after year.
I've learned more about wine by just drinking Hendry and paying attention for the last 20 years than in any single book I've read. George is not a world-wide consultant. He's been farming The Hendry Ranch since before The Korean War. The man has forgotten more about growing wine in the Napa Valley than most flying wine makers will ever know.
It's an honor and a privilige to host him and his wines once more. On Wednesday, March 9th, George will be here to host a dinner. The menu is below and the wines for the tasting will be settled by next week. This dinner is always extremely well-attended, so please reserve early.
Our email server is being upgraded today, so your safest bet is to call 732-828-4444 for a reservation.
Hors d’Oeuvres
Albariño 2014
Pinot Gris 2014
Chardonnay, 'Un-oaked' 2014
Pinot Noir 2013
Merlot, 'Block 13' 2013
Petit Verdot, 'Block 15' 2011/2011
Primitivo, 'Block 24' 2011
Red Wine, Meritage Blend 2011
Invasive Asian Carp Cake with Ginger Romseco
Chardonnay, 'Barrel Fermented' 2012
Tenderloin of Tuna with Bacon and Cipollini Onions
Pinot Noir, Hendry Vineyards 2012
Duck Terrine with Foie Gras Bread
Zinfandel, 'Block 28' 2012
Zinfandel, 'Block 7 & 22' 2012
Lamb Shanks with Minted Ricotta Gnocchi
Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
Suzie-Q Inspired Devil’s Food Cake
Thursday, February 11, 2016
The Spirits Project: Chateau de Leberon Armagnac 1964 (Bottled 2015) - 50 Years Old
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- Suggested retail price: $679
- Thursday, February 11 (for as long as it lasts), we're pouring one ounce for $19
The Rozès family has been distilling Armagnac for four generations. See last week's email for a fuller description of the property.
Last week, we were blown away by the 28 year old 1984. It was spectacular. Well, this week the winds from Gascony are blowing quite a bit harder. Here we have a 51 year old example from 1964. I am giddy with anticipation.
Friday, February 05, 2016
Thursday, February 04, 2016
The Spirits Project: Chateau de Leberon Armagnac 1986 (Bottled 2015)
Making the experience of super-luxury spirits crazily affordable and accessible!
Read more about the Spirits project.
- Suggested retail price: $269
- Thursday, February 4 (for as long as it lasts), we're pouring one ounce of each for $8
The Rozès family has been distilling Armagnac for four generations. Château de Leberon is a 12 hectare estate with south facing vineyards situated on sandy soil with lots of pebbles that reflect sunlight and retain warmth. They grow Ugni Blanc, Colombard, and Folle Blanche, with an average vine age of 40 years with some vines approaching 60 years old. The latest generation, headed by sisters Sophie and Caroline, are moving the domaine to organic and biodynamic viticulture. Trying to achieve the purest spirit possible, the fermentation is done with natural yeast, no sulphur is used, and the brandies are aged in local Gascon wood casks that are 420 liters in volume. The casks are made from trees that grow on the estate.
The brandies are then bottled according to their “Triple Zero” philosophy – no sugar, no coloring, no water. Ténarèze Armagnacs are known for their richness and expressions of dried fruits – figs, dates – and sweet spice. The unadulterated brandies bottled by Château de Leberon express this terroir. The manipulations used by the majority of Armagnac négociants mask its origin, making them nearly indistinguishable from the other appellations’ brandies. The Rozès don't do that.
PLEASE NOTE: Prices for the Spirits Project apply only on that particular night.