KOZUE GIN
This gin features several botanicals local to Wakayama Prefecture, where it is made, including mandarin peel, lemon peel, and sansho. The juniper used is imported from Europe. However, what sets Kozue apart is the use of Japanese umbrella pine (koyamaki). The nose brings abundant pine and pepper spice, while the palate rolls out with citrus, pine, and spice. For a 47% ABV release, it’s extremely smooth and drinkable.
LAPHROAIG 10 BATCH 14
For the aroma, there is sweet cereals with biscuit notes, fresh oak, smoked cedar and Manuka honey. The palate is sweet and spicy, with burnt oak staves, barbecued marshmallows, toffee and sea salt, vanilla and Belgium caramel waffles. Roasted coffee fudge cream on sticky toffee pudding, with a hint of white pepper and crushed cinnamon. It has a finish of floral with spicy oak tannins, iodine and sea salt.
LAPHROAIG QUARTER CASK
LAPHROAIG SELECT CASK
Laphroaig Select is aged in many different casks: Oloroso Sherry cask, American white oak(some oak could have been virgin), seasoned with Pedro Ximenez in hogsheads, quarter casks and first-fill bourbon casks. It is classic, medicinal peat notes up front, supported by citrus, chocolatey sweet notes and soft barley.
LE GIN CALVADOS CASK FINISH
The base spirit is made with a combination of over 30 different cider apple varieties, and the botanicals are inspired by the aromas of Calvados (apart from juniper). These botanicals include lemon, ginger, rose, cardamom, cinnamon, vanilla and almond. This particular expression has even enjoyed a finishing period in Calvados casks.
LE GIN CARMINA
Carmina is made according to the same principles as the original Le Gin, each flavour is macerated and redistilled separately to optimize the extraction of flavours. The distillates are then blended before bottling. This time the bouquet is summery. It combines flowers and fruits with the use of raspberry, black currant, elderflower, vanilla, lemon and orange in addition to juniper and cider apple varieties from Normandy.