Nose: bright and reasonably fruity. Lemon peels, sunflower oil and green bananas at first. It gets increasingly syrupy and rich, on tinned peaches and grapes. Then hints of marshmallow and vanilla ...
Nose: clean and very ashy, with plenty of phenols, a little menthol and a good deal of coastal notes. Vertical and pure, not as boldly peated as expected. Then bread crust and just a hint of round ...
While virtually every independent bottler is releasing cognac and rum these days, Calvados is still taking up a small share. Perhaps because its obvious fruity character makes it quite different from ...