Best Buys
Best Buys are wines that offer a high level of quality in relation to price. There are no specific guidelines or formulae for determining Best Buys, but they are generally priced at $15 or less.
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Unibroue Don de Dieu
- Best Buy
- $10
There’s a lot going on in this triple wheat ale, and it continues to evolve as it warms in the glass. The nose is heady and intense, as assertive aromas of orange, peach, white strawberry, yeast and spice mingle with hidden accents of barnyard and earth. The complexity continues in the mouth with a texture like liquid velvet: creamy but light and clean. The…
— L.B.
(7/1/2011)
Shakers Vodka
- Best Buy
- $33
Shows attractive, bittersweet vanilla extract, cracker and cocoa bean-like aromas. Palate entry is beany, bittersweet and intensely vanilla extract-like; by midpalate, the bittersweet, almost honey or molasses-like taste profile soars on the tongue. Finishes semisweet, intense.
— P.P.
(10/1/2003)
Le Réviseur XO Fine Petite Champagne Single Estate Cognac
- Best Buy
- $50
Aromas feature plums, red berries, raisins, cherry preserves and poppy seed. The palate entry is sleek and woody sweet; the midpalate finds flavors of pipe tobacco, marzipan, dark caramel, fudge and chocolate orange. Finishes stately yet vivacious. Find and buy.
— P.P.
(3/1/2007)
Appleton Estate Reserve Rum
- Best Buy
- $27
The first nosing passes find tight notes of molasses and walnut; aeration time releases bigger scents of nutmeg and spiced apple. The palate entry is wonderfully warm and spicy; at midpalate the taste turns cocoa- and vanilla-like, creamy and honeyed. Concludes creamy and delicious.
— P.P.
(2/1/2008)
W.L. Weller 12 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon
- Best Buy
- $17
Deep bronze hue. Mature aromas of lanolin, almond oil and creamed corn greet the olfactory sense; aeration unleashes full-throttle scents of toasty oak and vanilla extract: a top-notch Bourbon bouquet. Palate entry is dry, complex and toasty; midpalate offers sweet, grainy tastes of Wheat Thins, oil and sap. Aftertaste is oaky, sweet and intensely grainy. Another…
— P.P.
(12/15/2002)
Highland Park 30-Year-Old Orkneys Single Malt Whisky
- Best Buy
- $350
The nose offers subtle aromas of unsweetened coconut, bacon fat, and dark toffee with additional toasty scents of apple crisp, dates and oak. The palate entry is rich and fresh; the midpalate features flavors of bacon fat, dark honey, fudge, and bitterswe
— P.P.
(4/1/2006)
Château du Breuil 15-Year-Old Calvados
- Best Buy
- $50
A wonderful bouquet that includes toasty scents of baked apple and baked pear and subtle aromas of brown sugar and marshmallow. There are delicious tastes of ripe apple and pear at palate entry; at midpalate the taste profile offers candied apple, cotton
— P.P.
(5/1/2006)
Chauffe Coeur Blanc Rhum Agricole
- Best Buy
- $28
A wonderful, layered bouquet that includes aromas of milk chocolate, honeysuckle, cream soda, unsweetened coconut, raw vanilla and cocoa bean, walnut and paraffin. The palate entry is deliciously sweet and oily; by midpalate the flavor includes a foundational spirit presence along with the honeyed taste. Finishes sweet, and textured. A state-of-the-art rhum…
— P.P.
(2/1/2006)
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