Sgnape dal Fogolar Stravecchia (45%)

Distillery in Friuli, pomace from Campania. Aged in oak for 18 months. Bain marie still.

N: stemmy, the wooden table at a fish market, peppery bread dough, floral yeast like Q recipe Four Roses, raw walnuts

P: sweet, floral, yeasty, peppery, nutmeg

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Donnafugata Grappa Ben Ryé (42%)

Donnafugata is of course the vintner and source of the pomace. Whether they distill themselves or contract it out, I don’t really know. Bain Marie still, small oak barrels for unspecified time period but I would guess young, 1-3 years.

N: leave the baked goods behind and step into the cleaning products and candles aisle. Floral all purpose cleaner, lemon, lavender, shiny polished steel 

P: lavender soap; rose water or more specifically, those rose milk bottled drinks with basil seeds (look it up, they’re delicious); Windex. A love it or hate it profile that will track closely with how you feel about soapy-floral flavors, which I happen to love

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