Brandy

Review #1124, Brandy #64 This is a bottling of Calvados that was distilled in 1999 and bottled in 2022. This blend of 70% pear and 30% apple was aged for that time period in ex-french oak. Before being distilled on a single alembic and aged the fruit fermented in oak casks for 11 months. Distillery: Lemorton […]

Review #1122; Brandy #63 Here we have a single vintage of Calvados. This Calvados contains 70% pear and 30% apple. The fruit ferments for 11 months in oak before being distilled on a single alembic. This was distilled in 1980 and aged in French Oak before being bottled. Distillery: Lemorton Bottler: Lemorton Region: France Still: Single Alembic ABV: 40% Cask:

Review #1119; Brandy #62 This Apple brandy comes to us from Clear Creek, a distiller based in Hood River, Oregon that distills various different brandy styles. This single cask was selected by the Aficionados group.  This apple brandy was fermented and distilled from from yellow apples from the Yakima Valley.  It was aged for 15

Review #1116; Brandy #61 Clear Creek, a brand of Hood River Distillers in Oregon, produces a number of brandies. This offering is an Apple Brandy that has aged for 8 years in new and used French Oak casks before being bottled. They produce this buy crushing and fermenting whole yellow Opal apples. Distillery: Hood River/Clear Creek

Review #1110; Brandy #60 This sample was provided to me by a producer, distributor, or some other industry source free-of-charge. No compensation, outside of the sample, was received and there were no strings attached.  This Calvados was distilled on a small, mobile column still and spent most of its life in a 1000 liter barrel

Review #1082; Brandy #59 This sample was provided to me by a producer, distributor, or some other industry source free-of-charge. No compensation, outside of the sample, was received and there were no strings attached. This is a single cask bottling of Cognac from Frapin. Frapin is a family owned estate that owns and manages their

Domaine D’Esperance Folle Blanche 2001 Cask 75 PM Spirits Select Notice: I was sent this sample by PM Spirits to try This is a Bas Armagnac that was distilled from Folle Blanche grapes. It was distilled once on a traditional Armagnac column still and aged for 21 years in Gascon oak before being selected for PM

Adrien Camut Reserve de Semainville This is a blend of 25-30 year old Calvados from the Camut family. The apples are made into cider then double distilled in two 75 year old wood fueled stills. ABV: 41% Nose: Fresh red apple skins, raspberry, Cinnamon, nuttiness, dark chocolate, waffle cone Palate: Medium mouthfeel, Red Apple Skins, Cinnamon, Nuttiness, Dark

2006 Jean-Luc Pasquet Cask #27 bottled in 2021 (Kirsch Import) This is a single cask of Cognac from Domaine Jean-Luc Pasquet. This was distilled in 2006 and aged till 2021. It was bottled at cask strength with no additives for Kirsch import. ABV: 50.1% Nose: Apple peel, currants, raspberry, Cinnamon Palate: Medium mouthfeel, Cinnamon, Raspberry, Apple Peel, nuttiness,

L’Encantada Mamoulens 27yr 1993 Off Premise Cask 10 This is a single cask of Armagnac from the independent bottler L’Encantada. This was aged for 27 years in oak in a wet cellar before being bottled at cask strength with no additives. ABV: 50.8% Nose: Allspice, Cinnamon, Black Tea, apple peel, figs, earthy Palate: Medium mouthfeel, blueberry, Cinnamon, Allspice,