Eau de Vie de Prune 1999 Distillery La Salamandre, 25 years, French Oak Cask, 43% ABV, only 100 bottles, 500ml
« Visit the Pick Your Own farm and fill your basket with different varieties of plums, adding plenty of small Mirabelle ones as you wander through the orchards, then use the telescopic fruit picker to reach ripe apples and pears. »
Colour: Rich chestnut
Nose: A bouquet of hyacinths, rose and narcissi in a polished silver vase, apple strudel with honey, cinnamon and icing sugar, blackberry, redcurrant coulis over spiced duck, sloe berries, Mirabelle plums and sugar plums.
Palate: Smooth and creamy, rich plums in condensed milk, Mirabelle plums, glacé mango, pear and apples, vanilla latte, gingerbread house, Lebkuchen, candy floss, strawberry blancmange and strawberry tarts.
Finish: Raspberry buns, plum pie and crème Anglaise, plus oiled metal loppers.
Conclusion: Decadent and delicious, an absolute treat.