Roger Groult Calvados Banyuls Cask Finish 16 Year 47.6% 500ml Pinot Gris/Grigio

Roger Groult Calvados Banyuls Cask Finish 16 Year 47.6% 500ml Pinot Gris/GrigioA 16 year old Calvados Pays d'Auge finished in former Banyuls (fortified red wine) barrels from Domaine de la Coume del Mas in Roussillon. The Banyuls finish builds round, dried fruit roundness on top of the well aged apple base, producing a rich, almost rancio like Calvados with great length. Roger Groult, founded in 1860 at Clos de la Hurvanire in Saint Cyr du Ronceray, is a fifth generation Calvados Pays d'Auge house in Normandy. The estate

Palate: Layered dark fruit balanced by Cabernet structure with Shiraz and Merlot mid-palate weight

Toasting – Medium

warming cinnamon finish

A century after the last closure of a distillery in Wales

bright pink with a steady bead

huge venosity gives the attack a sensation of power perfectly balanced by sweetness and the well-structured tanning provided by the cinchona bark and Colombo

and finished with creamy hazelnut bitters

lay down 10–20 years

totalling over 1

dried apricots

M AOC Martinique Agricole 2006 Vintage 41

but it has length