Capreolus, Damson Eau de Vie 2021
Another entry from Gloucestershire's specialist eau de vie distillery. Made from damson — reportedly with stones included, lending a bitter-almond note — this spirit from Barney Wilczak's Capreolus distillery is fermented using wild yeast and distilled in a small copper pot. Foregrounding artisan production in a tiny English distillery, it takes around 24kg of fruit per liter, and the 2021 vintage runs to just 379 bottles at 375ml each. Image credit: The Whisky Exchange
Nose
Stone fruit, cream soda, wildflowers
Palate
Lychee, almond, resin
Finish
Almond oil, forest floor, dried cherry
The nose on this eau de vie jumps right out of the glass with flying-saucer-sherbet, cream soda, super-bright stone fruits like plum and apricot, frozen raspberries, and some marzipan character. The palate is juicy with tropical lychee character, rounded out nicely with aloe vera and eucalyptus. There is a pine resin quality on the palate, and the finish brings some nutty oiliness in texture along with some earthiness in flavor, before it comes full circle back to deeper stone fruits.
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Capreolus, Damson Eau de Vie 2021
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