Celebrate the Paris Games with these Gold Medal Spirits

 

Celebrate the Paris Games with Spirits that Have Brought Home Gold Medals

 

 

 

This summer, celebrate the Paris games & team U.S.A. with award-winning spirits that have brought home the gold. 

 

 

 

As the world gathers to witness the pinnacle of athletics at the Paris Games, toast to your favorite athletes and teams with an equally decorated spirit like Aspen Vodka or Woodford Reserve and more.

• Aspen Vodka (40% ABV, SRP $29.99)
  • Double Gold at 2024 San Francisco World Spirits Competition
  • Aspen Vodka is the liquid embodiment of its environment: natural, elevated and transcendent. The liquid epitomizes restraint and environmental consciousness, blending tradition with innovation to deliver a luxury vodka that is beloved for its crisp, smooth, pure taste. Aspen Vodka stands as a testament to quality and environmental stewardship. For those who appreciate the finer things, Aspen Vodka is an ode to luxury and a tribute to the pristine beauty of Aspen, Colorado.
  • Buy: HERE

 

 

• Glendalough Distillery

• • Glendalough Distillery was heavily awarded this year by the New York International Spirits Competition. These awards are a testament to the work of the distillery team who have captured the most thought provoking and flavorsome spirits in every bottle distilled. Handcrafted in the Wicklow Mountains of Ireland, Glendalough’s award winning, premium spirits elevate any cocktail.
    • Double Gold Medal: Glendalough 7 Year Old Single Malt Mizunara Finish(SRP: $100, ABV: 46%)
    • Gold Medal: Glendalough Double Barrel Irish Whiskey (SRP: $32 – $34.99, ABV: 42%)
    •  Gold Medal: Glendalough Wild Rose Irish Gin (SRP: $34.99, ABV: 41%)
    • Irish Distillery of the Year: Glendalough Distillery (for the third year running
    • Buy: HERE

 

 

• Ilegal Mezcal

• • DOUBLE GOLD MEDAL in the San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2023 for Ilegal 7 Year Añejo
  • Ilegal Mezcal, the #1 mezcal in the world, is a beautifully balanced spirit with a legendary history that includes smuggling and weeklong parties in Café No Sé, a clandestine bar and music hub in Antigua, Guatemala. Ilegal is delicious, approachable, and perfect for drinking neat or in cocktails and is made ‘Sin Prisa,’ without rush or hurry, and using artisanal methods. Ilegal’s taste profile is a mouthful of sweet agave with a hint of smoke. 
  • Ilegal 7 Year Añejo ($174.99 / 41% ABV)
    • Released specially in November 2022, Ilegal’s 7 Year Añejo mezcal is produced artisanally in Oaxaca, Mexico (like all Ilegal mezcal). Presented in a striking limited edition bottle with a distinctive label and jet black wax, the final liquid is rich and delicious. Aged for over seven years in only 35 barrels of French Oak, Ilegal Mezcal 7 Year Añejo is exceptionally smooth and especially rare.
    • Buy: HERE

 

 

• ITALICUS Rosolio di Bergamotto (SRP: $41.99)
  • Double Gold by TAG Global Spirits Awards
    • Italicus was created by the authority on Italian spirits, Giuseppe Gallo, to bring back the forgotten Rosolio category. With keynotes of Cetalabrian bergamot, Italicus is made using the finest Italian ingredients to create a sip of Italy. The striking bottle design embodies the history and heritage of Italy’s distinctive regions, whilst telling the story of Rosolio’s time-honored traditional drinking occasion of Aperitivo. Italicus is one of the world’s most awarded aperitivo globally.
    • Buy: HERE

 

• Tequila Herradura Reposado (SRP $45.00, ABV: 40%)

• • GOLD MEDAL,  Score: 90 in the San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2024
  • Tequila Herradura is an ultra-premium 100% blue agave tequila crafted using time-honored production methods. One of Mexico’s most historic and renowned tequila producers, Casa Herradura has been hand harvesting, crafting and estate bottling fine artisanal tequilas in the small town of Amatitián, Jalisco, since 1870.
  • CRAFTING: One of the first Reposado in the tequila industry, it is aged in American white oak barrels for 11 months 
  • COLOR: Rich amber with shades of copper, from resting 11 months in American White Oak barrels.
  • AROMA: Warm notes of anise, fruit, and spices come through the central aroma of cooked agave.
  • TASTE: Surprisingly smooth. Vanilla and butter are peppered in the sweet, cooked agave.
  • FINISH: Finishes smooth and sweet with a hint of spice to keep things interesting.
  • Buy: HERE