Mery Melrose Ancestral Cognac Grande Champagne 40% 700ml Fruits in Spirits

Mery Melrose Ancestral Cognac Grande Champagne 40% 700ml Fruits in SpiritsThe summit of the Mry Melrose range a blend of extremely old, rare eaux de vie averaging 40 years from the Grande Champagne Premier Cru, drawn from Franois Mry's private family cellar and occasionally from neighbouring growers in the best surrounding chalk soil sites. The cognacs mature for decades in barrel before being transferred to demi johns to lock in their aromatic complexity, then bottled to order. Vanilla, oak, sweet spices and dried fruit on

Absente 55 is enjoyed by those in the know in the true tradition that involves a flame

nutmeg and clove aftertaste reverberates with surprising length

Nose: Pomegranate seed

in a small-format bottle

Pomeranian

tart and bubbly

Blood and Sand and other classic cherry-brandy specs

mint and savoury characters

showing a lot of fresh red fruit

Rocche dei Manzoni Barolo Bricco San Pietro 2015 — a single-vineyard Barolo from the Monforte d'Alba estate

5% (to be confirmed by bottle) Closure Screw Top

"One of those Bourbons where a single glass is never quite enough