Umami is a spirit in a class of its own, designed for dry and savoury cocktails. Hand-picked Italian capers are distilled at low temperature, then blended with a parmesan extract and two other ingredients before being left to rest in an ex-cognac barrel.
A round aniseed front palate, finishing with fresh, spicy notes (liquorice, lemon balm, mint), giving this absinthe great length of flavour. Comes in box with spoon.
Dense, rich, with notes of baked apples and tarte tatin, the nose evolves towards a subtle rancio.
Gold Medal San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2019
On the nose, there is a distinct molasses rum character backed up by gentle banana. While on the palate the banana comes very much to the fore, and lingers on the finish with a smooth, just off-dry tropical fruit and spirit nose.
Made from bitter blue oranges from the island of Curacao. Really? No. It's made from Laraha Fruit, which is like an orange, but smaller and with little to no sweetness. The spirit is dyed blue before bottling. No idea why.
This aniseed aperitif was invented in France by Jules Pernod as a relacement for the banned absinthe, and quickly became a massive successs in its own right. Serve diluted with ice-cold water.
