Distilled from Pinot Noir grapes grown on the Ashling Park estate in West Ashling with invaluable help from the vineyard dog Rocco, an elegant English Pointer. Set off with soft fruit and pear, and overtaken by whispers of juniper and citrus which are followed by subtle hints of pepper and spice before arriving triumphantly at a tart apple finish.
For the nose, forward notes of candied lemon, delicate undertones of soft apples and pears and softer notes of honey and floral chamomile.
I’d been to the Spanish capital before. It was the summer I graduated, I was twenty-one and me and my group of gal pals tagged it on the end of a honey rum-swigging, cheap, paella-munching trip to music festival Benicassim. Madrid was essentially the last stop on a ten-day blow out before we all went back to our parents’ houses with decent degrees but without jobs. Naturally, the city didn’t hold the most brilliant of memories for me. Amy McNichol tells you where to spend your euros in the Spanish capital Six years on and with meaningful employment, I was back. My word, how differently I felt this time around. Myself and…
