Its IWSC recognition and two decades of solera aging represent strong value within the aged brandy category

while Seagram's 7 Crown is an American blended whiskey with a lighter body due to its 75% neutral grain spirit composition

What separates Dickel #12 from most Tennessee whiskeys is its chill charcoal mellowing method: rather than dripping new-make spirit through a column of sugar maple charcoal (as Jack Daniel's does)

though it drinks confidently on release after decanting

Clos Du Val Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 islay Its IWSC recognition and twoClos Du Val Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 is a 750ml Napa Valley Cabernet dominant red blend bottled at 14. 5% ABV. Awarded 97 points and a Platinum medal from Decanter Magazine, this vintage comes from a producer whose original 1972 Cabernet famously competed in the 1976 Judgment of Parisand then won the 1986 rematch, cementing Clos Du Val among Napa's most historically significant estates. Quick Facts: ABV: 14. 5% Origin: Stags Leap