Vermouth La Copa by González Byass

Product of: Spain

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Launched in June 2016, La Copa Vermouth is based on recipes from the 19th century and is based on a blend of 8 year old Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez sherries inflused with aromatic spices and botanicals including wormwood, clove, orange peel, nutmeg, angelica and quinine.

The label is based on vintage labels in Gonzalez Byass’ archives.

Review and Tasting

Sampled on 26/03/2018

Appearance:

Clear, deep tawny red.

Aroma:

Raspberry jam, blueberry jam and marshmallow with herbal rootiness. Faint toasted nuts, vanilla and rose.

Taste:

Rich and fruity with balancing rooty and herbal bitterness. Sweet cooked raspberry and bilberry, bitter fruit tannins, cinnamon and black pepper spice, and herbal complexity.

Aftertaste:

Sweet jammy fruit and bitter fruit tannins with cinnamon spice.

Overall:

Bittersweet, with jammy raspberry and blueberry fruit richness, and sweet vanilla balanced by fruit tannins, bitter wormwood and herbal rootiness.