Maker Notes

VOLCAN DE MI TIERRA’S TRUE BEGINNINGS DATE BACK OVER 200,000 YEARS, WHEN THE “TEQUILA” VOLCANO ERUPTED, AND NOURISHED THE SOIL OF THE JALISCO REGION IN MEXICO.

VOLCAN DE MI TIERRA, WHICH TRANSLATES INTO “LAND OF THE VOLCANO”, EMBODIES A CELEBRATION OF PROVENANCE AND LEGACY.

VOLCAN DE MI TIERRA HARMONIZES 300 YEARS OF PASSION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP, JOINING THE GALLARDO FAMILY’S HERITAGE AND DEEP MEXICAN ROOTS WITH MOËT HENNESSY’S COMMITMENT TO CRAFTSMANSHIP AND SAVOIR FAIRE.

A PERFECT EXPRESSION OF TERROIR AND TIME, MATURED IN WOOD

COMBINES FRUITY NOTES SUCH AS BLACKCURRANT, RED APPLE PINEAPPLE AND WELL-RIPENED PEACHES WITH NUTS AND DRIED FRUITS. FLORAL AND HONEY NOTES APPEAR IN THE BACKGROUND RESULTING IN A SMOOTH FINISH.

TEQUILA REPOSADO UNVEILS ITS BEST AROMAS SIPPED NEAT OR SAVORED CHILLED ON THE ROCKS.

Full and round on the palate with a distinct sweetness making the wine rich and mouth coating. The dark chocolate and vanilla aromatics compliment subtle flavours of cloves and cinnamon spice.

Taken from the center-cut or middle sections of the famous Warehouse H, Blanton’s Original Single Barrel was once designated for ambassadors, dignitaries, and Colonel Blanton’s family and friends. Today, everyone has access to the world’s first single barrel bourbon. The taste profile is sweet, with notes of citrus and oak. The creamy vanilla nose is teased with caramel and butterscotch, all underscored by familiar baking spices such as clove, nutmeg, or cinnamon. Blanton’s Original set the standard for single barrel bourbons in 1984. Best served neat or on the rocks. Bottled at 46.5% alcohol by volume.

Tasting Notes

Nose: Vanilla

Palate: Citrus and Oak

700ml

TASTING NOTES

NOSE: rich, heavy aromas of earth, oak, caramel combine with spicier notes of incense and burnt cedar strips evoking summer grilling of cedar-planked salmon and charred teriyaki skewers

TASTE: round and creamy impression of brown sugar and cinnamon infused Lapsang Souchong tea

FINISH: the smoky tea flavors builds to dry, spicy notes of allspice, cardamom and hints of grilled chilies on the long, revealing finish

BARLEY AND A PEAT MOSS FIRE

Peated Malt Whisky is made entirely with malted barley that has been dried over a peat moss fire before making the journey from Scotland to Texas.

AWARDS

World Wine & Spirits Competition 2016 - New York - Double Gold 

Whiskies of the world 2016/2017 - Gold

Maker Notes

THE BENROMACH STORY

We are a traditional Speyside distillery owned by a family of whisky-lovers intent on making single malt the right way with true character. We keep things simple. A handful of distillers relying entirely on our expertise and senses to make the finest handmade whisky; Speyside single malt matured exclusively in first-fill casks, with a subtly smoky character. It takes just four ingredients – barley, water, yeast, and a human touch. All of our casks are hand-filled, individually weighed, stenciled by hand, and stowed in our traditional dunnage warehouses. Why? Because at Benromach we believe making whisky by hand guarantees genuine character.

OUR HISTORY

Our family, the Urquharts of Elgin, have always been passionate about whisky. Our ancestor John began laying down casks of single malt at different distilleries in 1915, when everyone else was blending their whiskies. It was the realization of a long-held dream when we acquired Benromach Distillery in 1993. Five years of meticulous refitting of the distillery followed before HRH Prince Charles officially reopened our doors in 1998. Time well spent creating a style of single malt reminiscent of the days before commercial maltings. A time when Speyside distilleries malted their own barley using peat to fuel the fires and impart a distinctive touch of smoke to their whiskies. The resurrection of Benromach Distillery signaled the rediscovery of a lost style of Speyside single malt.

FIRST-FILL BOURBON AND SHERRY CASKS,

Only ever matured in the highest quality oak casks, our FIFTEEN YEAR OLD single malt whisky gives cracked pepper, charred oak, apples, dark chocolate and forest fruits with rich sherry notes and a touch of smoke.

With award-winning Cincoro Blanco as its base, Cincoro Añejo is barrel aged for over two years, taking it beyond the fresh agave flavors through toasted oak to a deeper level of woody richness. This enticing copper-colored spirit is an evolving masterpiece of fresh-cut wood, maple, dark chocolate and black pepper. Beautifully complex, it deserves to be sipped simply – on its own without ice. Or if cocktails are your thing, keep it classic with an elevated Old Fashioned. For a truly unique offering, Cincoro Añejo 1.75L arrives in a scaled-up edition of Cincoro’s one-of-a-kind bottle, suitably presented in a tailor-made gold box.

AWARDS

2019 New York International Spirits Competition - Tequila of the Year

Dorda Liqueurs are Pure Enjoyment.
Named after the Dorda family, Dorda Liqueurs are the perfect balance of sweetness with the spicy flavor of Chopin Rye Vodka. The family is in the pursuit of the best spirits and extracting the best flavor. They do not use any artificial ingredients in their hand-crafted liqueurs. The results are spirits always packed with flavor, decadent, sweet, salty, zesty and pure delight. Enjoy them neat, in a cocktail, coffee or baking.

Dorda Coconuts

Made with real coconuts, macerated in Chopin Rye Vodka, this all-natural coconut liqueur provides the purest, lightest and easiest way to incorporate coconut into any drink. Transport your tastebuds to paradise. It is natural, coconut perfection.

Try this recipe: 

Cococabana

1½ ounces Chopin Vodka
¾ ounce Dorda Coconut Liqueur
¾ ounce Fresh orange juice
¾ ounce Pineapple juice
¼ ounce Coco Real Coconut Cream
Fresh grated nutmeg
Pineapple leaves
Orange slice

In a large shaker combine vodka, Dorda Coconut Liqueur, coconut cream, pineapple and orange juices. Add a scoop of ice, cap and shake vigorously for 8 seconds. Strain over ice into a Collins-style Tiki glass. Grate fresh nutmeg over the top. Garnish with orange wheel and pineapple leaves.

Dorda Liqueurs are Pure Enjoyment.
Named after the Dorda family, Dorda Liqueurs are the perfect balance of sweetness with the spicy flavor of Chopin Rye Vodka. The family is in the pursuit of the best spirits and extracting the best flavor. They do not use any artificial ingredients in their hand-crafted liqueurs. The results are spirits always packed with flavor, decadent, sweet, salty, zesty and pure delight. Enjoy them neat, in a cocktail, coffee or baking.

Dorda Double Chocolate

Dorda Double Chocolate Liqueur is a decadent blend of rich, bittersweet chocolate and Chopin Rye Vodka. Named after our family patriarch, Tad Dorda, each bottle is crafted at our family-owned distillery in the village of Krzesk, Poland. 

Dorda Double Chocolate Liqueur is made with a double helping of the finest dark chocolate and Chopin Rye Vodka, making it the purest, most decadent, velvety-smooth, all-natural chocolate liqueur on the market.

Try this recipe:

Dorda Double Chocolate Liqueur makes for the perfect after-dinner drink.

Ingredients
2 parts Dorda Liqueur | 1 part Chopin Rye Vodka | Shaved chocolate for garnish

* Mix all ingredients in a cocktail shaker flled with ice and shake vigorously.
* Strain and pour into a chilled cocktail glass of your choice, over fresh ice.

*For variations on this cocktail, try substituting Chopin Rye Vodka with Cointreau, Amaretto, Clase Azul Tequila, coconut rum or whiskey.

Dorda Liqueurs are Pure Enjoyment.
Named after the Dorda family, Dorda Liqueurs are the perfect balance of sweetness with the spicy flavor of Chopin Rye Vodka. The family is in the pursuit of the best spirits and extracting the best flavor. They do not use any artificial ingredients in their hand-crafted liqueurs. The results are spirits always packed with flavor, decadent, sweet, salty, zesty and pure delight. Enjoy them neat, in a cocktail, coffee or baking.

Dorda Sea Salt

Dorda Sea Salt Caramel Liqueur is made with the Dorda family’s Chopin Rye Vodka, caramel made from scratch at the family distillery and a perfectly balanced touch of Maldon Sea salt.

Try this recipe:

Ingredients
1 part Dorda Sea Salt Caramel Liqueur
4 parts vanilla or chocolate ice cream
2 parts milk

Instructions
Blend ingredients together.

Top with chocolate syrup, whipped cream and garnish.

Bird Dog Kentucky straight bourbon has a customary mash bill of corn, rye and malted barley. Subtle notes of wood char, honey and a light spice combine and offer a sweet, flawless finish. Aged and bottled right here in Kentucky, the heart of bourbon country, this friend is suited for easy sippin’.

Cooperage: Aged in fire-charred, new American white oak barrels

Color: Polished copper

Nose: Notes of toasted oak and sweet fruit

Taste: Smooth and warm with accents of spice and light bursts of honey

Finish: Long and sweet

A sweet and herbaceous expression, well-balanced with hints of red apple, ripe fruits and a mild smoky layer to finish.

100% AGAVE

ORIGIN

SAN PABLO HUIXTEPEC, OAXACA

DISTILLATION

DOUBLE

Tequila Mandala was founded on November 16, 2016 by Jose Joel Garcia Barreto, Arturo Lomeli Ibarra and Humberto Ibarra. The founders had the specific idea of bringing a unique, premium sipping tequila to the U.S. spirit market. Tequila Mandala’s hallmark, the Extra Añejo, comes in a hand-crafted, hand-painted ceramic bottle. The “MANDALA” is a powerful representational symbol that has had significance in most all regions of the world for thousands of years. It transcends borders, religions and cultures; it is essential to all humanity; its essence is both broad and powerful, derived from a circle to convey life’s infinite potential, with no beginning and no end. The mandala symbol portrays the universal balance of joy, peace, and life itself.

Award-winning Tequila, made of 100% agave azul. A balanced and refined flavor defines each version of Mandala, with a composition of subtle and individual notes, creating harmony in every step of the process.

MANDALA EXTRA AÑEJO

100% AGAVE AZUL

Elegant with great body, aged for a minimum of 3 years in a blend of French white oak and cognac barrels. Dedicated to those that love the extraordinary and special.

Color:Marvelous dark amber.

Aroma:Intense fruits and toasted oak.

Taste:Addictive with a long and profound finish, leaving a harmonious soft flavor, sweet with hints of oak and vanilla

Aging:Minimum of 3 years in a blend of French white oak and Cognac Barrels.

Abasolo El Whisky De Mexico is crafted and distilled from 100% Mexican Cacahuazintle (kaka • wha • SINT • lay) corn, which has been cultivated and passed down for more than 200 generations by local farmers for its distinct, extraordinary flavor. 

OUR STORY
Our story began in 1942, when a young Don Julio González saw a unique opportunity in the production of tequila. He didn’t have much, but what he did have was passion, and after sharing his vision with a powerful local businessman he was granted a loan to create his first tequila distillery. It was this unrelenting passion for excellence that inspired his creation of the world’s first luxury tequila.

DON JULIO’S MISSION
Don Julio González revolutionized the world of tequila by choosing quality over quantity, painstakingly planting each agave further apart to allow proper room to grow and fully mature before harvesting. He would then select only the most succulent portions of the piña, before steaming them for 72-hour cycles. When it came time to bottle his creation, he broke with generations of traditionally tall Tequila bottles typically hidden under tables. He knew his new spirit had no business hiding on the floor, so he designed a shorter tequila bottle for his guests to pass around the table while still being able to see each other.

Celebrated in exclusive cocktail bars, restaurants and nightclubs, the iconic Don Julio 1942® Tequila is the choice of connoisseurs around the globe. Produced in small batches and aged for a minimum of two and a half years, Don Julio 1942® Tequila is handcrafted in tribute to the year that Don Julio González began his tequila-making journey.

Aging: 2.5 Years

Tasting Notes

Nose: Rich caramel and chocolate

Taste: Warm oak, vanilla and roasted agave

Finish: Lingering oak and rich vanilla

Tequila Don Ramón Limited Edition Plata is double-distilled for a smooth and brilliant taste and pure profile.

Made from 100% Blue Agave from the highlands of Jalisco, Mexico, this crystal clear spirit can be described as bright, clean, and herbal aroma with delicate notes of agave. A sip reveals a hint of citrus that evolves into a warming minerality

Presented in a stunning bottle embellished with Swarovski crystals, our offering is designed to both capture the gaze and delight the tastes of the world’s most discerning palates.

TASTING NOTES

COLOR: Clear
AROMA: Bright, clean, and herbal
NOTES: Citrus and minerals

Alexander Murray & Co presents a fine expression of single malt from the Speyside region in Scotland. In the interest of our respect for, and friendship with, the distillers who produced this whisky, we agree not to list distillery of origin; a single malt of exceptional quality from one of the distilleries in the Speyside region of Scotland. Aware as we are that region is not entirely indicative of style of flavor, we include the distillery’s spirit profile and characteristics below. Committed to quality and trust, our word is our bond.

We distill 50 Fathoms Gin in the painstaking, Old World, London Dry style and give it a Southeast Alaska twist with hand-harvested local spruce tips, whole juniper berries, cinnamon, and coriander. (That unique citrus finish comes from tangerines grown in our family grove in California; if Alaska was warm enough, we’d grow them here.) The result of this delicious mash-up is a bold yet balanced gin you can enjoy in a spruce tip old fashioned, or with top-shelf tonic.

OUR WHISKY HAS COME A LONG WAY SINCE IT WAS JUST A DREAM IN A SAUNA. WE HAD NO IDEA HOW TO MAKE WHISKY THE “RIGHT” WAY, SO WE DID IT OUR WAY.

Aged through dark winters and bright summers Kyrö Malt is a whisky you haven’t tasted before. Perfect gift for a whisky lover all the way from Isokyrö, Finland.

Using local and naturally sourced water, our 5 tank and twice distilled process yields a bright and rounded sipping tequila at every third. Natural sweet agave and vanilla shine through on both the nose and palate. 40% ABV.

MADE OUT OF 100% AGAVE

The bold notes in Dos Hombres Tobala’s taste come from the Copal trees in the region which impregnate and perfume the soil where Tobala agaves are grown. Copal is a sacred tree which resin is used by people of the village to purify and bless the environment.

NOTE OF SCENT & FLAVOR

PLUMS, Hidden freshness and subtle sweetness of fruit scents arise.

LOCAL FLOWERS, Hints of lilies.

CHOCOLATE, Aromas of roasted chocolate.

WOOD, A perfectly balanced and soft hint of the wooden barrels in which Mezcal is fermented.

SMOOTH SMOKE, A discreet, almost imperceptible smoky finish portraits the volcanic stone and firewood of our traditional earth-ovens.