Distiller Notes
Apple is a difficult spirit to tame: it starts life with a fire and vengeance and must be coaxed and cajoled over many years to yield its pomey essence. Indeed, it takes almost a decade in barrel to soften and supple and come forth the apple character so loved on the French Atlantic coast. This apple brandy has taught Osocalis patience, but after 15 years of waiting, they finally released the first bottling in 2010.
Proof: 80
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Made with a whopping 15 different types of apples, this barrel-aged California brandy has a sweet, fruity scent and sip, drying to an elegant and complex finish with light notes of honey, dried fruit, leather, walnut and allspice. Viscous feel.
Taking its name from the Dutch term, brandewijn, for burnt or cooked wine, in the broadest sense of the term, Brandy is any liquor made from the distillation of fruit wine. Though any kind of fruit may be used, wine grapes are the most common. Clear Brandy, commonly referred to as Eau de Vie, is unaged and bottled directly after distillation. Finer grape-based Brandies are often aged in oak barrels for anywhere from two years (VS) to six years (XO) or longer, gradually gaining color and complexity as they interact with the wood.