alc./vol:
35%
Proof:
70°
Vintage:
Non-vintage
Aged:
Unaged
Category: Oude genevers
Product of:
Netherlands
Named after Simon Antonius Rutte who founded the distillery, where this jenever is still made based upon his original recipe, in 1872. Old Simon comprises a generous two-fifths malt wine with three-fifths grain alcohol infused and re-distilled with juniper berries and 13 other botanicals.
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Sampled on 14/03/2016
Appearance |
(sample batch 01 bottled 2015) Crystal clear. |
Aroma |
Freshly baked brown bread, brazil nuts, pine, overripe banana and baked apple with faint black pepper and cinnamon. |
Taste |
Faintly sweet with a soft mouthfeel. Juniper, brown bread, Ryvita crispbread, brazil nuts, pine, dried (chewy rather than crispy) apple and honey with faint cracked black pepper spice, rosemary and cinnamon. |
Aftertaste |
Baked brown bread and pine with very light but invigorating cracked black pepper spice. Hints of white cacao. |
Overall |
Delightfully soft and bready with nutty angelica root, pine needle freshness and underlying herbal complexity. |
Barcode UPC: 8 718215 00736
Bottle Size: 700 ml
Closure: Synthetic stopper