For anyone looking to explore world brandies beyond the French canon

For drinkers who value sherry cask depth without the cost of older vintage-dated bottlings

Aroma: Grassy and floral on the opening

allowing the winemaking team to select the best available lots across harvests rather than being locked into a single year's conditions — a strategy aimed at delivering consistent richness and concentration from bottle to bottle

which delivers noticeably deeper caramel character than standard simple syrup and holds its own against bold

Conundrum Rose american-vodka For anyone looking to exploreConundrum Ros is a California ros wine made from 100% Valdiguie, bottled at 13. 1% ABV in a standard 750ml format. What distinguishes this ros from nearly every other on the shelf is its varietal Valdiguie grows in tiny quantities in California and was long misidentified as Gamay until a traveling Frenchman helped uncover its true identity. Produced under the Caymus family's Conundrum label, this wine has earned an average critic score of 87 points