SPIRITS

French Spirits with a Twist

Our spirits section for this Cellar includes the beloved Rozelieures whiskies from Lorraine, new Remyx French vodka made in Charentes and rum aged in Sauternes casks. These elixirs reflect the savoir-faire of French distillers and have unique characteristics that have us coming back for more!

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REMYX VODKA - COSMIQUE

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REMYX VODKA - AQUATIQUE

Vodka 40%

The artist Kikor started as a street artist and has always been fascinated by the world of manga and comics. His design has a psychedelic influence and invites you to explore the cosmos and its eclectic inhabitants. The vodka has fruity, citrus aromas with sherbet, lemon and lime flavours. Vodka 40%

Fresh and clean tasting, it is smooth and pure on the palate. Aquatique is the second model designed by Parisian artist Aude Villerouge, passionate about the flora and fauna of the natural world. Her design explores the marine world.

MIXED CASE

3377 REMYX VODKA CASE

$ 61 $ 122

Remyx Vodka are artisan-distilled French vodkas made in collaboration with artists. Each one is a creation in itself using a different artist. The concept was created and launched in 2017 after a chance meeting with artist Kikor. The vodkas are distilled in Cognac from French wheat using five distillation cycles.

ONE BOTTLE EACH

COSMIQUE & AQUATIQUE

1. Behind-the-Stick: This literally means

“working behind the bar”. If you have spent five years working as a bartender, then consequently you have spent five years behind the stick. 2. Wet-Shake & Dry-Shake: A wet-shake is a shake with ice, a dry-shake is a shake without ice. This is most often used in frothy egg-white cocktails. The egg white creates foam in a cocktail and silky mouthfeel.

3. Single Malt: All Scotch, by law, must be made from 100% malted barley & be made in Scotland. The ‘Single” in Single-

Malt simply means the whisky was made at a single distillery and not several. It does not however indicate that it is from a single cask or barrel. For this, it would be labelled ‘Single-Malt, Single-Cask’. 4. Cask Strength: This is a whisky that is in bottle at the same strength as it was in the barrel. From barrel to bottle…nothing has changed! 5. Devil’s Cut: When a whisky ages in barrel, the barrel itself will breathe the whisky in and out of the wood as the temperature gets warmer and cooler. The whisky that remains trapped in the fibres of the oak after the barrel is emptied is known as the devil’s cut.

6. Angels’ Share: Think of a whisky barrel as having its own weather system. As water and alcohol evaporate, a whisky in barrel will lose about 2% of its volume per year.

This evaporation is known as the angels’ share…those thirsty angels! 7. Neat Vs. Straight Up: Neat means in a rocks glass with no ice & nothing else but the spirit. Straight-up, or ‘Up’, means chilled. A dirty martini straight-up would mean a dirty martini chilled down, but not served on ice.

8. Scotch, Rye & Bourbon: Scotch means it is a whisky made in Scotland. Bourbon means it is made in the USA. Rye, however, is simply a varietal of whisky.

Many people think Rye is Canadian whisky but this isn’t true.

9. Highball: Spirit + chaser. Rum & Coke,

Vodka & soda…both highballs! 10. Two Fingers: When a bartender holds two fingers on a glass and pours to the top of the second finger. Best find a bartender with big hands. Now get to it and get creative!

DID YOU KNOW? Ten Bar Phrases You May Not Know

By Zac Kvas

“A medium-dry vodka martini, lemon peel, shaken…not stirred.” You may have heard this quote from your favourite Bond film, but do you really know cocktail lingo?

Zac Kvas has been working as a mixologist for almost a decade. He created the cocktail program at Wayne Gretzky Estates and currently owns and operates his own cocktail syrup & garnish company, Kvas Fine Beverage Co. (kvasfbco.com) with his wife & business partner Amy Kvas.

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3376 G. ROZELIEURES SINGLE MALT WHISKY CASE

$ 75 $ 225

This family distillery in the north of France grows, malts, ferments and distills its own barley. A double distillation is used, followed by aging in a variety of different oak casks to produce a range of single malts. G. ROZELIEURES, SINGLE MALT WHISKY, ORIGINE COLLECTION G. ROZELIEURES, SINGLE MALT WHISKY, RARE COLLECTION

Whisky 40%

Golden in color, it has spicy whisky aromas with coconut and a touch of smoke. It is pungent with spices and woody flavours, which linger on the finish. Matured in sherry oak casks.

DON'T MISS G. ROZELIEURES' COLLECTOR'S CORNER WHISKY, PAGE 68.

Whisky 40%

Slightly deeper in colour, Rare has mellow aromas with vanilla and less smokiness. It is broad and sweet with a round, smooth palate. Sweet fruits lead to a hint of smoke on the finish. Produced in limited quantities from a slightly peated malt, it was aged in barrels previously used for sherry, Cognac and Sauternes.

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ORIGINE, RARE & FUMÉ

G. ROZELIEURES, SINGLE MALT WHISKY, FUMÉ COLLECTION

Whisky 40%

Amber in colour, this has a distinctly woody and smoke character. Phenols, spices, with smoky bacon almost make the aromas medicinal. You have to like the particular style—which I personally love. Initially smoky on the palate, the fruit does come through with fennel, aniseed, ash and peat on the finish. It was matured in Bourbon casks.