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.
Be under no illusions: this article will be a competition between myself and our dashing motoring editor, Oliver Smith, as to who can gush the most about Rolls Royce. There is little to be objective about. In 1904, Henry Royce and Charles Rolls engineered a vehicle of such poise and grace that it ran virtually non-stop for 14,371 miles. It was the Silver Ghost, named ‘the best car in the world’ by Autocar in 1907. Pretty conclusive, if you ask me. Of course, we’re talking about a world in which the Wright brothers had only just flown a powered airplane. Little did they know, Rolls Royce would become a brand…
