News Briefs for July 14, 2023

•Highland single malt Scotch whisky Glenmorangie is debuting the third release in its Cadboll series in the U.S. this month. Aged for 15 years, the third batch of Glenmorangie The Cadboll Estate is chill-filtered and bottled at 43% abv. Each release in the series is grown on the distillery’s own barley fields located on the Cadboll Estate. This edition was aged in American Bourbon casks with a small portion finished in casks that previously held Amontillado sherry. It retails at $100 a bottle and is rolling out to specialist whisky shops. Glenmorangie is part of the Moet Hennessy portfolio and had U.S. volume of 128,000 cases last year, according to Impact Databank.

•Folio Fine Wine Partners is adding Napa Valley’s Pym-Rae Tesseron Estate to its portfolio effective in September. Pym-Rae Tesseron Estate was founded in 2016 by the Tesseron family, whose interests also include Tesseron Cognac and Bordeaux’s Château Pontet-Canet. The vineyard was planted more than thirty years ago by its previous owner, the late Robin Williams, to Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc. Available nationally, Pym-Rae is a Bordeaux blend of 76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot, and 7% Cabernet Franc made by winemaker Jérôme Ledit in consultancy with Michel Rolland.

•Bob Dylan’s whiskey brand Heaven’s Door has added Ascension Kentucky Straight Bourbon to its core collection. As the fourth expression in the Heaven’s Door lineup, it joins Revival Tennessee Straight Bourbon Whiskey, Revelation Double Barrel Whiskey, and Refuge Straight Rye. Its status as a Kentucky Bourbon is significant as it heralds the opening of the Heaven’s Door distillery in Pleasureville, Kentucky and brand center in Louisville this fall. Ascension is a blend of two Kentucky straight Bourbons, aged five years and bottled at 46% abv. It’s available now for $55 a 750-ml.

•Australian winemaker Accolade Wines is launching its first label made with U.S. grapes. The new release is Grant Burge Paso Ink Cabernet Sauvignon, made with fruit from California’s Paso Robles AVA. It’s part of the Grant Burge brand, which has traditionally used fruit from Australia’s Barossa region, and was created by chief winemaker Craig Stansborough in collaboration with California native Ashley Leon. Paso Ink is available now in all major U.S. markets, priced at $20 a bottle. Accolade’s brands include Hardys, J-Harden, Banrock Station, Mud House, and House of Arras, among others.

•Key West, Florida’s Papa’s Pilar Rum has announced Ernest, a new limited-edition release meant to commemorate Ernest Hemingway, the inspiration behind the brand. Ernest is limited to 400 bottles with each retailing for a suggested price of $599 beginning on July 21. The rum is a blend of South and Central American rums that have been finished in toasted American oak before a final period of finishing in Cognac and Armagnac casks and bottled at 50% abv.

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