La Salamandre Cherries in Liqueur 18% 1L non-chill-filtered

La Salamandre Cherries in Liqueur 18% 1L non-chill-filteredLa Salamandre Cherries in Liqueur 18% 1L from La Salamandre in Sarlat, Prigord the South West French distillery known for fruit eaux de vie, walnut and chestnut specialties, and traditional fruits in spirit preparations. La Salamandre is the historic Prigord distillery in Sarlat, in the heart of the Dordogne. Operating in the south west French walnut, plum and chestnut tradition, the maison hand distils fruit eaux de vie in small Charentais copper

The palate is cool and flowing

45% Chardonnay

bitter orange peels

quite unknown in Australia

and 11% Cabernet Franc for aromatic tension and structure

warm biscuits

All of the Whiskey is triple distilled from barley sown

and the long-aged Folle Blanche Armagnacs are reference benchmarks

which requires a patient 14-year wait to maturity

with the family business in Corno di Rosazzo dating back to 1896

This cognac coming from 2008 and 2003 harvest would be too young to be part of the Cognac de collection range if it was not so rare and astonished

Rich on the nose with a smooth finish — a refined example of the house's Cognac-making