Grappa Uvaggio Barricato

Bottega (Italy)

Pomace of Merlot and Cabernet
Grappa	Score: ✧✧✧✧✭

This grappa shows a pale amber yellow color, limpid and crystalline. The nose reveals intense, clean, pleasing and refined aromas of plum, pear, raspberry, licorice, vanilla, tobacco, hazelnut, black cherry and praline with almost imperceptible alcohol pungency. In the mouth is intense with very balanced alcohol pungency which tends to dissolve rapidly, pleasing smoothness, balanced sweet hint. The finish is persistent with flavors of licorice, plum, hazelnut and black cherry. A well made grappa distilled with steam operated alembic. Ages for about 12 months in barrique.
Alcohol: 38%	18 °C (64 °F)
Issue 28, March 2005