First nosing suggests lemon meringue & toffee apple, followed by apple, cinnamon, cranberry & tablet on the palate. The finish `is long & lingering with notes of apple pie, cream & butterscotch. A blend of very special aged Scotch grain whiskies, selected from several different distilleries, each cask chosen for its distinctive & memorable characteristics. While others blend to produce year-in, year-out consistency, each edition of the exceptional grain will offer a whisky that is authentically individual, possessed of its own qualitative & stylistic distinction. Composed of a selection of remarkable casks from North British, Loch Lomond, Strathclyde, Cameronbridge & Carsebridge distilleries, blended & married in first-fill Oloroso Sherry butts. ...

Opening nose & palate are effusive with honeyed Christmas cake, tangerine, dark cherry & aniseed. The mid palate evolves into raspberry crumble with intriguing notes of tarragon & spice. The finish lingers with notes of sherry, toffee cream & a returning hint of anise. An extraordinary range of mature casks, including Glenfarclas, Ben Nevis, Balvenie, Kininvie, Glenfiddich, Alt-a Bhainne, Auchroisk, Glenallachie, Westport, Speyside & (of course) Macallan distilleries, blended & married in first-fill Oloroso sherry butts. ...

The source of the flavours is fresh wild gentian root from the Auvergne, & fresh cultivated gentian root from Normandy
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The source of the flavours is fresh wild gentian root from the Auvergne, & fresh cultivated gentian root from Normandy
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A super-premium Gin for people who love to drink Gin with Tonic! SW4 is a small batch gin made in Clapham & has a unique recipe of 12 botanicals which combine to make the perfect Gin to mix with tonic. A contemporary distinctive bottle, makes this Gin stand out from the Gin crowd! SW4 London Distilled Gin, is a big & complex gin made in the style of the original London Dry Gins of the mid to late 19th Century. It has 12 botanicals in its recipe, with Juniper being heavily predominant, but then behind it come the citrus & spice notes, from botanicals such as lemon peel & cassia, which give it the fullness & complexity. The whole is then brought together by the Orris Powder. Distilled gins of this style pre-date the Cocktail era of the early 20th Century, which tended to give rise to the somewhat more austere & less complex gins of that time. The older style gins being made to show at their best when mixed with water, ginger beer & most especially tonic, that eponymous drink of the British Empire. SW4 has taken this heritage & using up to date small batch distillation techniques brings you the 21st century version of the classic original gin style. Charles Maxwell, Master Distiller
- November 2009
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Intense citrus & lime aromas are followed by a creamy, complex, & powerful palate. The naturally high acidity at harvest provides a lemon sorbet-like finish. The structure of this wine is unique with ultra-fine tannins giving the wine a powerful edge, excellent freshness & longevity. ...

The wine is a carefully structured blend, crafted to respect the individual characters of each variety & to capture their harmony when in concert. The palate is seamlessly powerful as well as elegant, with fine, persistent tannins, a vibrant black fruit spectrum & notes of liquorish. Most notably, the wine is complex, layered & unique. ...

San Giovanni Della Sala is a pale straw yellow in colour with greenish highlights. The nose is remarkable for its refined bouquet of floral aromas & notes of ripe fruit of peaches & pineapple. The palate is mouth-filling, balanced, persistent & sustained by bright freshness. ...

Lovely bright pink in colour with perfumes of wild strawberries & a touch of spicy cherries on the nose. On the palate it is dry, with a savoury, mineral character, strawberry fruit & a black pepper edge. Just enough body to balance the fragrant fruit, it has supple tannins & a clean, fresh finish. 85% Nebbiolo, 15% Vespolina, 5% Croatina. ...

Light gold in colour, the 2008 Erbaluce is fresh & lively on the nose, with perfumes of mountain flowers & a touch of honey. On the palate it is dry & clean, with a lovely minerality on the palate. Sheltered by the Alps, Lessona did not undergo eolic erosion, so its sandy, acidic soil, with a p H of 4.5
- 5.5, is very well drained. In these conditions, the vines put down deep roots in search of the mineral nutrients they require. The climate is dry with wonderful light, & cool night breezes blowing from the Alps to the north mitigate the hot summer days. This in turn ensures a long growing season. Erbaluce di Caluso is an old traditional variety native to Piemonte but rarely seen outside Italy. The vines are planted at a density of 4, 000 vines per hectare, 300m above sea level & trained using a traditional pergola system called 'pergola canavesana'. The grapes were hand picked in the second half of September. The grapes were pressed immediately on arrival at the winery. Fermentation took place in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks. A small portion of the must was macerated on the skins at low temperatures & then blended with the rest. No malolactic fermentation was allowed to take place. After a period of ageing on the fine lees, the wine was bottled.
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