alc./vol: 20%
Proof: 40°
Vintage: Non-vintage
Aged: No age statement
Product of:
United Kingdom
English cherries marinaded in Somerset apple eau de vie. The label says they are excellent with ice cream or desserts, but we prefer these in a rye Manhattan as an alternative to a maraschino cherry. Winner of BBC Radio 4's Food and Farming Awards 2009.
Review and Tasting
Sampled on 13/08/2013
Appearance:
Plump, dark, purple/brownish cherries in claret red, clear spirit (not syrupy).
Aroma:
Assertive cherry stone and cooked apple in a heady spirit nose, smells like Christmas.
Taste:
Saturated, bulging fruit with tannic-rich skin to bite through to soft flesh. Explosion of flavour in the mouth with cherry, cherry stone and bitter almond, ameretto and grilled almonds. Note: these have stones in.
Aftertaste:
Fades with spirituous complexity.
