Bright, clear yellow-gold colour, with lively spritz and deeply scented ripe, spicy apple scents leading into crisply dry apple bite in the mouth. Finishes with a touch of balancing sweetness.
This intriguing malt in casks which used to contain peated whisky. The result is a dram that combines highland poise with some island punch. Past the burnt amber colour, you will find intense malted grain aromas, sultana and treacle, with the added kick of smoky iodine peat. Dry and viscous on the palate, it seamlessly integrates citrus and green apple fruit with sea spray and mineral flavours before trailing off into a long, lightly spiced finish.
A premium vodka worth the coin, Absolut Elyx is distilled in a copper column from single-estate Swedish winter wheat and naturally filtered water. A remarkably creamy and sophisticated spirit with notes of vanilla, spice and, of course, wheat grain. Great in a martini.
Shockingly delicious; the best Gamay I have tasted this year. It shows beautiful brambly and savoury red fruits, plums, herbs and underlying, but not intrusive, oak spice notes on the nose. It explodes on the palate in a riot of red and dark fruits, layer upon layer of fleshy fruit, with complementing spice, bramble and herbs.
Pale yellow with golden reflections. Fresh, slightly herbaceous nose with ripe pear, a raw note of quince and a touch of anise. Tame acidity, rich, fatty texture, light fruity taste. Soft finish of good length. Will pair well with white meat or pasta in creamy sauce.
Pale straw colour offering a spicy oak, minerally, apple and anise bouquet; rich mouthfeel, full-bodied, well-integrated oak with an intriguing bitterness on the finish.
A well-aged claret drinking well now but cellar-worthy for another decade. Dense ruby in colour with a blackcurrant and cigar-box nose; medium-bodied, dry, lean and sinewy, firmly structured with lively acidity and a firm tannic finish.