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PommeauA sweet apple dessert wine generally consumed as an aperitif, Pommeau is an aged before dinner drink to help stimulate the appetite and palate. Pommeau is typically crafted by blending 70% apple juice and 30% brandy. Best enjoyed neat or over ice.
We craft our pommeau with 100% fresh-pressed juice using a blend of dessert and heirloom apples aged in French oak barrels for 12 months. Taste Profile: Distinct baked apple, toasted graham cracker and almost butterscotch/brown sugar character, followed by tobacco and twine. It is quite sweet and is complemented by notes of over-ripe apples and fruit leather. It's completed with several layers of velvet and a boozy finish. Apple: A blend of dessert and heirloom apples: Fuji, Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, Gala, Red Delicious, Arkansas Black, Black twig, Ashmead's Kernel, Winter Banana, Jonathan, Wickson. Orchard: Sonoma County Distillation Date: September 2020 Aged: Neutral French Oak barrels for 12 months. The blended pommeau was then aged in Neutral French oak barrels for 3 months before bottling the final product. Cask Proof: 122 ABV: 18% Production: 100 cases of 375mL bottles AVAILABLE: Online (in-state sales only) Taproom
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Gravenstein Apple Brandy
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Each year we collaborate with local apple farmers to grow and harvest Gravenstein apples to craft our Save the Gravenstein single-varietal cider. As we continue our mission to save this beloved fruit, our Gravenstein Apple Brandy - made from the same fresh-pressed Gravenstein apple juice - allows us to highlight this heirloom apple varietal in a whole new light. Our Gravenstein apples are grown on Roberts Orchard and pressed at Apple A Day, right here in Sonoma County. It is then distilled at Alley 6 Craft Distillery just up the street from our cidery in Healdsburg.
Aged in heavy-toast French Oak barrels to provide rich notes of maple and caramel-candied apple, our Gravenstein Apple Brandy is rich in flavor that is perfect for sipping or crafting your favorite cocktail. Apple: 100% Sonoma County Gravenstein Orchard: Roberts Orchard, Sonoma County Distillation Date: September 2020 Aged: Heavy-toasted French Oak for 12 months Cask Proof: 122 Bottle Proof: 90 Production: 150 cases of 375mL bottles AVAILABLE: Online (in-state sales only) Taproom |
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