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Spirits & Best Buy Whites From the Upcoming Vintages Release ©
By Michael Vaughan
Saturday, November 24, 2001
Recommended
by Vintage Assessments!
994053 ‘BUSHMILLS’ 16 Years Old.
700 mL $ 79.95
Single Malt
Rich & Tangy **+
‘Matured in Three Woods’
(‘Old Bushmills’ Dist.) (120 Cs) (40%)
Medium amber colour. Attractive,
rather cedary, spicy, caramel and toffee on the nose.
Peppery, dry and firm with gently sweet, spicy, cinnamon, prune and
fallen leaf flavours. [PR
Can]
Recommended
by Vintage Assessments!
956623 AMARO ‘MONTENEGRO’
$ 26.80
Premiata Specialità
Sweet
Candied Orange Rind **
Bologna, Italy (Montenegro SpA)
(151 Cases of 8) (25%) [Cal Sal]
Medium golden amber colour. Very
spicy, sweet, herbal, citrusy, candied tangerine rind nose.
Very sweet, slightly bitter, cinnamon-directed, candied orange rind
flavours.
Vintage
Assessments Release Highlight
711796 ‘GIANDUIA’ CREMA
500 mL $ 29.75
Chocolato Gianduia
Sweet, Hazelnut-Chocolate **
Grappa. Veneto
(Distilleria Bottega) (100 Cs of 6) (17%)
Fairly dense, creamy, chocolate colour.
Attractive, sweet, intense, hazelnut purée nose.
Sweet, rounded, creamy, rich, hazelnut flavours.
Gianduia chocolate is a blend of fine chocolate and hazelnut melded with
Venetian grappa. It comes in an
attractive bottle, perfect for Holiday gift giving. [Nob Est]
Recommended
by Vintage Assessments!
533315 CHARDONNAY 1998
$ 17.95
 ‘Triomphe’
Complex Baked Pear **
VQA - Niagara Peninsula
(Southbrook Winery) (224 Cs) (13.2%) [Lif
Age]
Medium deep yellow colour. Complex,
somewhat leesy, baked lemon nose with some buttered bread crumb and crisp Anjou
pear notes. Dry, well structured
rather intense, baked ripe lemon and dried pear flavours on the palate. Quite well structured with a long, slightly peppery finish.
Best with white meats and poultry. This
fairly priced, ready-to-enjoy effort received a Silver Medal at the 2001 Toronto
Wine & Cheese Show last March.
Recommended
by Vintage Assessments!
322057 CHARDONNAY 1999
$ 23.50
‘Pinnacles’ Proprietor
Well Balanced **
Grown, Monterey (Estancia) (300 Cases) (13.5%)
Medium yellow colour. Rather
intense, toasty, spicy, honeyed, ripe lemon nose with some tropical pineapple
notes. Spicy, well balanced,
harmonious, honeyed, bright melon fruit flavours that show good length.
A versatile, crowd pleasing style which at its peak.
[Hal Ent]
Vintage
Assessments Release Highlight
993352 GEWURZTRAMINER 1999
$ 34.75
Herrenweg
Rich, Rounded & Spicy
**+/***
(Domaine Zind-Humbrecht) (200 Cs) (14.5%) [Mer
Vin]
Deep yellow colour. Intense, very
spicy, bright, honeyed, sweet, lychee-baked grapefruit nose.
Ripe, spicy, creamy, fairly intense, rounded, gently sweet, baked
grapefruit flavours with lingering lychee notes on the finish.
Verges on a Vendage Tardif style! A
good match for foie gras!
Recommended
by Vintage Assessments!
993709 CHARDONNAY 1999
$ 11.95
Vin de Pays de Franche-Comté
Zesty *+/**
(Vignoble Guillaume) (160 Cs) (12%) [Mer
Vin]
Medium light yellow colour. Fine,
elegant, very gently toasty, ripe Anjou pear nose.
Medium to medium light bodied, dry, very crisp, bright, lemony Anjou pear
flavours with some lingering, tangy, white grapefruit peel notes on the finish. A fine, well balanced, ready to drink refresher that is
perfect with seafood. A Best Buy
Recommended
by Vintage Assessments!
724138 CONDE DE VALDEMAR 1999
$ 15.40
 Intense, Rich & Balanced **
‘Fermentado en Barrica’
Finca Alto de Cantabria, Rioja DO
(Martinez Bujanda S.A.) (168 Cs) (12.5%)
[Lac Int]
Amazingly deep yellow colour. Intense,
very toasty, spicy, lemon meringue pie nose.
Big, intense, mouthfilling, very toasty, apricot-pear purée flavours.
Lots of length here. Best
with poultry and white meats. Expressive
and ready to enjoy. A Best
Buy
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