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Lot # <strong>Wine</strong> Year M D Comment<br />
COGNAC & OTHER BRANDIES<br />
For many years, Opimian has offered a diligently selected number of French Brandy, spearheaded by Cognac. We work with a top class<br />
co-operative, originally from Cognac, that has, through its success, broadened its offer to include the other lesser known brandies of the<br />
rural countryside.<br />
4808 Calvados, Leriche N.V. n/a n/a Normandy apples transported right into your house.<br />
4809 Armagnac, *** Leriche N.V. n/a n/a Very fine flavours highlighting grapes and smoke.<br />
4810 Lauriac VS Fine Champagne Cognac N.V. n/a n/a<br />
4811 Cognac XO, “Roi des Rois” N.V. n/a n/a<br />
SCOTS MALT WHISKY<br />
4812 Cùl na Creagan, 2001 n/a n/a<br />
8 Year Old Malt Scotch Whisky, Distilled<br />
4813 Cùl na Creagan, 1997 n/a n/a<br />
12 Year Old Malt Scotch Whisky, Distilled<br />
4814 Cùl na Creagan, 1988 n/a n/a<br />
21 Year Old Malt Scotch Whisky, Distilled<br />
Three Malts from Sir Iain Noble’s blending house. Aromas of<br />
the Central Highlands and Islands with a touch of Islay.<br />
SHERRY<br />
Sherry, like Port wine, is fortified, but unlike Port it is allowed to mature as a “table wine” until shortly before bottling, at which moment<br />
grape brandy is added to increase its alcoholic strength. Like Port, it lives in the bottle for many years but, once opened, it loses freshness<br />
and should be consumed within a few days.<br />
Two complete departures from the way in which Port is made are used for the production of Sherry. First, unlike almost all other wines,<br />
Sherry is intentionally oxidized by storage in casks that are only partially filled. Second, during the reductive storage in wooden casks,<br />
a number of butts (traditional name for a Sherry cask) develop a layer of yeast on top of the liquid that progressively uses up all of the<br />
elements of residual sugar, ensuring that the wines with this growth of yeast become entirely free of any natural fruit sugar sweetness.<br />
4815 Opimian Manzanilla Pasada, N.V. n/a n/a Very dry. Maderized. Tastes very mature. Serve fresh<br />
Sanlúcar de Barrameda with crushed ice.<br />
4816 Opimian Fine Amontillado,<br />
Rare Ballast Butt<br />
N.V. n/a n/a Fine wine for a sipping apéritif<br />
4817 Opimian East India Rich Cream Oloroso N.V. n/a n/a Rich. Ripe. Full. A bowl of prunes mixed with apricots and<br />
mirabelles.<br />
<strong>Wine</strong> <strong>Review</strong> <strong>2010</strong>