PM Spirits Collab La Cave Normande 45 Year Calvados Domfrontais

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. Review #1259; Brandy #69 This was distilled from 50% apples and 50% pears grown in an orachard with trees that were 20-200 years old. This […]

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Holmes Cay Infinity

Review #1256; Rum #563 This here is the Holmes Cay Infinity cask, a bottling of rum that is a blend of 13 different distilleries with rums from Guyana, Jamaica, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Barbados, Venezuela and Brazil. The rums were put into a cask that aged for 20 years in Europe before being bottled at cask strength

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Domain de Jean-Bon 30 Year 1990

Review #1252; Brandy #68 This is a bottling of Armagnac bottles for K&L Wine and Spirits in California. Grown from Baco grapes, this was distilled and then likely aged in New Oak for 30 years before being bottled at cask strength with no additives. Distillery: Domaine de Jean-Bon Bottler: Domaine de Jean-Bon Region: France ABV: 45% Nose: Raspberry, Vanilla, Floral,

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El Dorado 15 (New)

Review #1251; Rum #559 This is a bottling of the “new” bottling of El Dorado 15, with a bottle from Europe. This is a blend of of rums distilled on the Enmore, Diamond, Port Mourant, and Versailles stills that were aged for 15 years in Guyana in ex-bourbon casks. The big change here is the

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Ron Aldea Single Estate Eco Zafra

Review #1250; Rum #558 This rum comes from Aldea, a distillery that grows their own sugar cane and distills the rum from fresh pressed juice. This Ron was distilled in 2019 and bottled in 2022.   Distillery: Aldea Bottler: Aldea Region: Canary Islands Still: Column ABV: 53% Nose: Minerality, Brine, Lemon Peel, Grapefruit Palate: Medium mouthfeel, Brine, Lemon Pith, Minerality, Earthy, Grapefruit

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