The roasted hearts spend five full days in an earthen pit over black oak before fermentation and double distillation in copper pot stills

Blue cheese such as Roquefort or Stilton provides a salty counterpoint to the sweetness

more marmalade-and-smoke character partly attributed to The Glenlivet's use of traditional wooden washbacks for fermentation

with a fullness that belies the wine's relatively lean structure

though sipping neat at room temperature reveals the full depth of its oak and spice profile

Tangley Oaks Chardonnay eastern-europe The roasted hearts spend fiveTangley Oaks Chardonnay is a full bodied 100% Chardonnay from California's Mendocino County, bottled at 13. 9% ABV in a standard 750ml format. The 2013 vintage earned 91 points from Wine Enthusiast, reflecting the quality behind Tangley Oaks' meticulous lot selection approach a process in which every member of the winemaking team must unanimously agree on the single lot that best represents the varietal, appellation, and vintage before it earns a