Cotes Saint Mont Blanc Le Faite 2001

Very many years ago, producers in this region used to bury bottles in the soil to avoid temperature variations. The bottles were identified by a wooden or zinc label around the neck. La Faite has been launched with just such a presentation. Only the finest cuvee‚ es are selected and fermented in oak barrels and matured on the lees.It has an intense aroma of pears, peach, mango and gingerbread with just a hint of oak. All these lovely complex flavours come through on the palate. Elegant, dry and deliciously different.

£11.70

Jack Daniels

Jack Daniel`s is a Tennessee whiskey distillery and brand known for its square bottles and black label. The company, based in Lynchburg, Tennessee, has been owned by the Brown-Forman conglomerate since 1957. It is believed that the founder — Jasper Newton ``Jack`` Daniel — was born in September 1850, although seemingly no one knows the exact date. If the 1850 date is correct, he may have become a licensed distiller at the age of 16, as the distillery claims a founding date of 1866. Other records list his birthdate as September 5, 1846, and in his 2004 biography Blood & Whiskey: The Life and Times of Jack Daniel author Peter Krass maintains that land and deed records show the distillery was actually not founded until 1875. Daniel was one of thirteen children, from Scots-Irish descent. Since Jack Daniel never married and did not have any children, he took his favorite nephew, Lem Motlow, under his wing. Lem had a head for numbers and was soon doing all the distillery`s [continues...]

Charcoal Mellowing is what makes Jack Daniel`s a smooth sippin` Tennessee Whiskey instead of a bourbon. [read on...]

£27.50