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Zind-Humbrecht Gewürztraminer Turckheim 2021

Domaine Zind-Humbrecht

Olivier Zind-Humbrecht was the first Frenchman to earn the Master of Wine title, but his true revolution happened in the vineyard, converting the entire domaine to biodynamic farming.

$3214% proof

Irish Whiskey

Dingle Single Malt

Dingle Distillery (Porterhouse Group)

Silky and generous, with ripe peach and honey at the fore, warm baking spices and dark fruit from the sherry and port cask influence adding depth and dimension.92.6 (46.3% ABV) proof

Gin

Nikka Coffey Gin

Nikka Whisky Distilling Co. (Asahi Group)

The story of Nikka begins with Masataka Taketsuru, who sailed from Japan to Scotland in 1918 to learn whisky-making — returning home to found Japan's most respected distillery.

$5094 (47% ABV) proof

Red Wine

Marchesi di Barolo Barolo DOCG 2019

Marchesi di Barolo

The Marchesi di Barolo estate is where Barolo wine was born. In the 1840s, Marchesa Giulia Falletti commissioned the first dry Nebbiolo wines from these vineyards.

$4514.5% proof

Scotch Whisky

Springbank 10 Year Old

J. & A. Mitchell & Co., Ltd.

Medium-long with lingering peat embers, sea salt, and a malty sweetness that echoes back through the palate.92 (46% ABV) proof

Rum

Rhum J.M VSOP

Bellonnie & Bourdillon Successeurs

Fresh sugarcane grassiness gives way to tropical mango and banana, warm caramel, vanilla bean, and a distinctive earthy complexity from the volcanic soil of Mount Pelée.86 (43% ABV) proof

Tequila

Pasote Reposado

Pasote Spirits

Sweet cooked agave leads into warm vanilla, bright citrus zest, and a drizzle of honey with subtle floral undertones from the highland terroir.80 (40% ABV) proof

Bourbon

Russell's Reserve 10 Year Old

Campari Group

Jimmy Russell has been making bourbon at Wild Turkey for over six decades — the longest-tenured master distiller in the world. Russell's Reserve 10 Year Old is the quiet embodiment of that resilience.

$3890 (45% ABV) proof

Tequila

Ocho Reposado

Ocho Tequila (Tequila Ocho S.A. de C.V.)

Bright cooked agave leads — sweet, vegetal, unmistakably highland. Gentle oak and vanilla from the brief barrel rest add warmth without masking the agave's voice.80 (40% ABV) proof

Scotch Whisky

Ardbeg 10 Year Old

LVMH (Moët Hennessy)

Extraordinarily long. Waves of smoked malt, dark chocolate, and maritime minerality ebb and flow, with a final note of sweet peat that lingers for minutes.92 (46% ABV) proof

Bourbon

Knob Creek 9 Year Old

Beam Suntory

Knob Creek 9 Year Old is a masterclass in resilience bottled at 100 proof. In the 1980s, when American whiskey was in freefall and distilleries chased lightness, Booker Noe bet everything on going the opposite direction.

$36100 (50% ABV) proof

Irish Whiskey

Connemara Peated Single Malt

Beam Suntory (Kilbeggan Distilling Co.)

Silky and surprising. The peat is present but gentler here — turf smoke rather than bonfire — allowing honeyed malt, citrus oil, and a lovely floral character to share the stage.80 (40% ABV) proof

Rum

Hampden Estate 8 Year Old

Hampden Estate Ltd.

Intoxicating tropical funk leads — overripe banana, pineapple, and mango layered over a distinctive funky ester character that is uniquely Hampden.92 (46% ABV) proof

Gin

No. 3 London Dry Gin

Berry Bros. & Rudd

No. 3 London Dry Gin is resilience through reduction. While the gin world races to add more botanicals, Berry Bros. asked: what if six botanicals are all you need?

$4092 (46% ABV) proof

White Wine

Nikolaihof Riesling Federspiel Vom Stein 2021

Nikolaihof Wein (Saahs Family)

Nikolaihof Riesling Federspiel Vom Stein is resilience measured in centuries. The Saahs family has been farming biodynamically since 1971.

$4412.5% proof

Red Wine

Ridge Monte Bello 2019

Ridge Vineyards (Otsuka Holdings)

Ridge Monte Bello 2019 is resilience distilled into wine. For over fifty years, Paul Draper and his successors have proven that California can produce wines of profound elegance.

$25913.7% proof

Rum

Foursquare 2008 Exceptional Cask Selection

R.L. Seale & Company (Foursquare, est. 1996)

Foursquare's ECS series has done for rum what single malt did for Scotch.

$80120 (60% ABV) proof

White Wine

Domaine Leflaive Pouilly-Fuissé 2020

Domaine Leflaive (est. 1717)

The 2020 Domaine Leflaive Pouilly-Fuissé represents Burgundian Chardonnay at its most elegant.

$8513.5% proof

Scotch Whisky

The Balvenie 14 Year Old Caribbean Cask

William Grant & Sons (The Balvenie, est. 1892)

The Balvenie Caribbean Cask 14 is a masterclass in the elegance of cask finishing.

$7086 (43% ABV) proof

Red Wine

Opus One 2019

Opus One Winery (est. 1979)

The 2019 Opus One is a vintage for the ages.

$39014.0% proof

Irish Whiskey

Bushmills 10 Year Old Single Malt

Proximo Spirits (Bushmills, est. 1608)

Bushmills 10 is the quiet aristocrat of Irish whiskey.

$4080 (40% ABV) proof

Bourbon

Blanton's Original Single Barrel

Sazerac Company (Buffalo Trace, est. 1773)

Blanton's Original Single Barrel didn't just create a bourbon — it created a category. When Elmer T. Lee bottled the first single barrel in 1984, he proved that elegance and bourbon weren't contradictions.

$6493 (46.5% ABV) proof

Gin

Beefeater 24

Pernod Ricard (Beefeater, est. 1863)

Beefeater 24 is what happens when the world's most experienced gin distiller gives botanicals more time.

$3590 (45% ABV) proof

Tequila

Herradura Reposado

Brown-Forman (Casa Herradura, est. 1870)

Herradura didn't just make this Reposado — it invented the category (1974).

$3580 (40% ABV) proof

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