Youth, freshness & brightness of the reflexion with an attractive & already promising wine. Fresh & lively, pleasantly aromatic of spring flowers, linden flowers, hawthorn, lime, lemon balm, boxwood & almost of young muscat. Bright, dry, a hint of crispness, for wine lovers of dry Riesling, elegant & sleek. Refreshing & light. Ideal already with seafood, shellfish, raw or marinated fish, & within a few months with fish in sauce or grilled meats & fish terrines. Tasting notes by Serge Dubs, World's Best Sommelier 1989 ...

Dense, with a silky sheen & unctuous in appearance, bright yellow gold in colour, the wine trickles slowly down the glass, bright & beautiful. The intense bouquet, still rather closed, recalls very ripe, lightly botrytised grapes, allied to an agreeably vinous palette of very ripe fruit: yellow peach, greengage, mirabelle, apricot, pear, candied quince, honey & a touch of warm brioche dusted with vanilla. The bouquet is less spicy & perfumed than in a vintage without a heatwave. The wine comes into its own on the palate, being sensationally fleshy, juicy, unctuous, voluptuous, richly full-bodied & full of charm. It is harmoniously well balanced & generously opulent, an almost liqueur-like sweet wine. Drink with blue cheeses like stilton & roquefort, or with munster, or foie gras, or with desserts like fruit tarts: apple, pear, dates or? just on its own. ...

A perfect, attractive colour, deep golden straw yellow, with youthful pale green hints, an excellent viscosity, rich & luscious on the glass, nicely bright & quite elegant in appearance. Wide open bouquet, attractively frank & very perfumed, with restrained fruit & floral nuances, concentrated but very elegant & refined: rose, mayflower, jasmine, orange blossom, lavender honey, lychee & mango. On the palate, this is a sweet wine, magnificently well balanced, that softly & delicately coats the whole mouth with an explosion of flavours & perfumes. Suave, silky & utterly charming, it is an open invitation to frequent tasting. Iit is already very enjoyable, but will continue to develop for a further 10 to 15 years. A remarkable liqueur-like wine to savour just on its own, or to accompany foie-gras, blue cheeses, non-chocolate desserts, fruit tarts. Tasting notes by Serge Dubs, World's Best Sommelier 1989 ...

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Hailed as the first lager to be brewed in Kent, this bracing, brusque Swiss beer had its revered recipe enhanced & enhanced in 2009. Better balanced & more rounded, lime, rose & pears nestle in the nose while on the palate theres taut graininess, tart grapefruit & a full floral flourish. Hurlimann is brewed by Shepherd Neame to its original recipe, keeping faith with the lagers Continental heritage. The Swiss-style lager delivers a clear, tingling lager with a hint of orange & a complex hop character. Only the finest Swiss yeast & Challenger hops are used to brew a full-bodied lager, which has won a Bronze Medal in the Brewing Industry International Awards. ...

Nose: The aroma is rich with notes of tropical fruits from the Caribbean, passion fruit, vanilla & butter toffee. Taste: Notes of Sweet rum, vanilla, ginger & lime with back notes of apple mango & orange in the background. Finish: Rich & Spicy with a buttery vanilla finish. At Hyde they use two different casks to age their Rum cask single malt. Stage 1: For the First 10 years Hyde single malt is aged in flame-charred, first-fill, 200 litre oak bourbon casks, from the USA. Stage 2: For an additional 8 months they transfer Hyde into 200 litre charred dark Caribbean rum casks. The flamed bourbon cask initially adds a sweeter vanilla & caramel flavour, followed by the charred dark rum cask which add a sweet spicy rum character to the final expression. ...

Rugged West Cork provides the perfect maturing conditions for this exceptional 10-year old single malt Irish whiskey. Distilled in a copper pot still, Hyde whiskey is double matured in flame charred, first fill, oak bourbon casks, & finished in vintage sherry casks. Handcrafted in very small limited edition batches, then cut with fresh West Cork spring water, & non-chill filtered for a more original character. Hyde is a presidential quality whiskey, celebrating the inaugural appointment of Ireland's very first president Douglas Hyde, & the establishment of the Irish free state in 1922. A 100% malted Irish barley whiskey from a single distillery
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This single Grain Irish whiskey is made on a traditional Coffey Still from pure corn & barley grain, triple distilled from one single distillery location, & made in small batches & not blended. It is matured for over 6 years in flame-charred, first fill, ex-bourbon casks from Kentucky in the USA. With aromas of cinnamon & clove, succulent sweet caramel, complex & spicy with sweet American bourbon notes. Flavours Robust flavours of single grain spices with a touch of cracked black pepper give way to a lingering buttery vanilla & charred oak taste. ...