MERLET TRIPLE SEC

MERLET TRIPLE SECABV: 40% Established in 1850, this family run company knows a thing or two about distillation, spending over a century producing eaux de vie. But in the mid 1970s, a financially necessary diversification saw a change in focus, from Cognac production to that of fruit liqueurs. Under the guidance of fifth generation distiller Gilles Merlet, the company replaced some of the familys vines with blackcurrant bushes destined for creme de cassis liqueur. Its

top with Mediterranean tonic

and is a beguiling spirit inspired by the ancient craft of ship mast-making at Chatham’s Royal Dockyard

Maceration:

The bottle’s shape is meant to slide right into a saddle’s side pocket

brightened by more delicate scents of fresh cut grass

The nose is generous

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with a palate of tense and chiselled flavours

hints of dry

fruity aromatic palette

To producing around the same time

Traditional distillation of white wines followed by aging in American oak casks using the traditional solera system