Spirits Reviews

Brilliant, golden amber color. The aromatics are quite beautiful featuring ginger and honey with supporting notes of spring flowers, orange peel, allspice, and hints of clove and tropical fruits. The palate echoes the nose delivering a fruit-driven core with bitter orange, honey, brown baking spices, and sweet Rye accents. Full-bodied with ideal balance and great length. $38 – 4.5 Stars

Brilliant, crystal clear. The aromatics are very subtle with scents of spring flowers, citrus zest, and fresh herbs. The palate echoes the nose delivering a generous but crisp juniper-led core with citrus zest, pine cone, and faint earth accents that linger on the dry finish. Medium to full-bodied with perfect balance on a silky mid-palate leading to a crisp finish. Served over up after chilling over ice as recommended. A lemon twist garnish is a great addition but so is a quality green olive. A damn fine martini. $14.99 – 4.5 Stars

Brilliant, pale golden straw color. The nose is delicate while very complex offering layered scents of toasted cereal, fresh hay, and ripe orchard fruits with accents of spring flowers and earth. The palate echoes the nose delivering a rich caramel toasted grain core with supporting notes of candied ginger, roasted nuts, five spice, and freshly cracker black pepper. Full-bodied and generous while elegant with ideal balance thanks to bright acidity and profound spice notes. $49.99 – 4.5 Stars

Brilliant, pale golden straw. The nose is generous, offering scents of poached pear, baked apple, and rich custard notes with accents of roasted grain and hints of wild mint. The palate is in full agreement with the nose delivering a decadent, baked orchard fruit in pastry core with flanking notes of mocha, oak, and hints of Sherry. Medium to full-bodied with perfect balance and a sweet, prolonged finish that carries the fruit on for minutes. $34.99 – 4.5 Stars

Brilliant, pale golden straw color. The aromatics are complex and generous, featuring sweet agave at its heart with accents of vanilla bean, caramel, and red fruits with hints of citrus and black pepper. The palate echoes the nose delivering a lush, baked agave driven core with generous notes of wild honey, Whiskey barrel, and vanilla cream. Wonderfully balanced with bright acidity adding freshness with lingering pepper and spice accents. Aged in American Oak Whiskey barrels then finished in Napa Valley Cabernet barrels. $42.99 – 4.5 Stars

Brilliant, beautiful mahogany color with hints of amber. The nose is quite elegant and complex, offering scents of toffee, aged leather, dried fruits, and vanilla beans. The palate is in full agreement with the nose delivering a generous cream caramel core with roasted nuts, nutmeg, brown butter, and Sherry with subtle hints of dark chocolate. Full-bodied presenting a very sophisticated, semi-dry style that shows off this great old Brandy. $155 – 4.5 Stars

Brilliant, crystal clear. The aromatics are pure and clean with scents of wet river stones with hints of grain, dried flowers, and mineral. The palate fully confirms the nose delivering a soft and silky core with waves of slate, slightly sweet grain, with flanking notes of pepper that are more prominent on the finish. Medium-bodied with a beautifully silky texture with a vibrant citrus edge. A great value when purchased in their 1.75 liter bottle. $25 – 4.5 Stars

Brilliant, deep amber color. The nose is wonderfully complex while also straightforward in a hedonistic fashion offering scents of caramel, chocolate, mocha, saddle leather, and candied ginger. The palate echoes the nose delivering flavors of rich caramel and brown sugar with waves of brown baking spices, dark chocolate, and oak with hints of butterscotch. Full-bodied and ideally balanced offering a rich and silky core with a bright dose of acidity and notes of black pepper as a foil. A delicious corn-driven Bourbon with bold flavors that are pleasing served neat but blossom with the addition of a splash of water. $45 – 4.5 Stars

Brilliant, crystal clear. The nose is rather subtle, like white chocolate, with scents of vanilla cream with accents of roasted cocoa nibs. The palate perfectly mirrors the nose delivering a rich vanilla and chocolate cream that starts sweet and builds in cocoa intensity that becomes subtly drier. Medium-bodied with incredible viscosity coating every corner of your mouth. $21.99 – 4.5 Stars

Opaque, viscous, sand dollar cream color. The aromatics are wonderfully seductive with scents of cinnamon and nutmeg being redolent of a freshly baked snickerdoodle cookies with hints of rich cream and toasted coconut. The palate echoes the nose delivering a silky creamy core with subtle spice accents that build on the nose with a touch of cinnamon heat married with vanilla bean. Medium-bodied with a lush, velvety center with intriguing spice notes and an ideal balance. $27 – 4.5 Stars