Hepburn's Choice Macduff 15 Year Old
$179.99
Living Souls Port Dundas 35 Year
$214.99
This closed distillery, single grain whisky, is a 35 year old Port Dundas, bottled at 50.5%, from Refill ex-Bourbon Barrels.
Producer Description: "This 35-year-old single grain whisky from the now-silent Port Dundas distillery evokes the feeling of a warm afternoon stroll through 1990s Glasgow."
Living Souls LBD Collab 46 Year Blend
$424.99
This 46 year old Blend is a Living Souls collaboration with Little Brown Dog, another Independent Bottler. The whisky is a marriage of 1978 Glen Garioch with 1979 single grain from the closed Cambus and Carsebridge distilleries. Bottled at 41.2%. 87.29pts Whiskybase
Living Souls Bowmore 22 Year
$389.99
This 22 year old Bowmore from Living Souls was bottled from First Fill ex-Bourbon at 52%. 88.99pts Whiskybase
Producer Description
"This 22-year-old Bowmore, matured in 1st fill bourbon barrels, transports you to a seaside ice cream parlour, where warm sugar drifts through the air and the last light glows over the harbour."
Living Souls Ardnamurchan 7 Year
$143.99
50% - First Fill ex-Bourbon Barrels
Producer Description
"This 50/50 vatting of peated and unpeated 7-year-old Ardnamurchan single malt, matured in 1st fill bourbon barrels, transports you to a forest clearing at golden hour, where a small fire crackles beneath tall pines."
Living Souls Carsebridge 48 Year
$574.99
This Carsebridge single grain was bottled at 40.2% after 48 years in First Fill ex-Bourbon. 88.65pts Whiskybase
Producer Description
"This extraordinary 48-year-old single grain from the silent Carsebridge Distillery feels like opening a time-sealed doorway into Scotland’s past. Finished in 1st-fill bourbon barrels, it greets you with an elegant sweetness."
La Gerla Brunello La Pieve 2020
$154.99
Fattoria La Gerla, named for the large, old-fashioned, conical baskets that grape-harvesters used to carry on their backs, was founded in 1976 by the late Sergio Rossi. Originally from Milan, Mr. Rossi purchased the property in 1975 from Tedina Biondi-Santi, the daughter of Tancredi Biondi-Santi, who had inherited the property after her father’s passing. The purchase of what was then called the Podere Colombaio Santi included an ancient farmhouse and 6.5 hectares of vineyards. Mr. Rossi, who by then had been managing the Altesino-Caparzo estate for several years, renamed the property La Gerla and set about restoring the estate and replanting the vines using selection massale. His first vintage was in 1976, making La Gerla one of the first 35 bottlers of Brunello di Montalcino; these days, there are 280.
Today, La Gerla consists of 11.5 hectares, divided between the original 6.5-hectare vineyard in Canalicchio (Montalcino) and an additional 5 hectares in Castelnuovo dell’Abate, where Mr. Rossi was presciently the first to plant vines in earnest. The estate, now run by vineyard manager/director Alberto Passeri and winemaker Vittorio Fiore, makes five wines, all made entirely from Sangiovese Grosso, the only grape planted on the property.
Bridgeland Porta Rossa Fortified Wine
$53.99
Bachelder Gamay Les Villages Bench
$40.99
The wines of Thomas Bachelder are inspired by his spiritual home – Burgundy – where the grapes he loves (pinot noir, chardonnay, gamay noir) originally evolved, where even the tiniest of vineyards are kept scrupulously apart in the winery, and then put separately, lovingly, obsessively into small, individual bottlings. His goal is to “keep out of the way” and let the best parcels and the most harmonious barrels come forward to liberate and define small patches of Niagara land. It takes a long time to discover terroirs, but the journey has its rewards.