About the Producer
Maison Willm is in the Alsace region of France and was founded by Adolphe Willm 1896. Other than that, there’s not a ton of available info on this brand. In addition to a range of unaged eau-de-vie fruit brandies they produce marc, aged plum brandies, and a whole host of wines.
Details
• Use both “single-pass” and “double-pass” distillation.
• 45% abv
• Not oak aged. Unknown if aged in glass or stainless steel.
• Unknown if fermented from raspberries or macerated
• Got for $22 per 375ml.
Nose
Raspberry meat and seeds. Medium sweet. Some off-flavor that I can’t quite identify; maybe so type of funky over-ripe fruit? Some Astringency. Initially very intense but dies out quickly once exposed to oxygen.
Palate
Cooked raspberries. Lighter flavored than the nose would suggest. If blind I would have thought this is 40%. Light bodied and medium sweet. Again some astringency
Finish
Short with raspberries and astringency.
Rating: 4
Overall
This is disappointing. Didn’t preserve enough of the fruit essence and the astringency took it down a notch. Certainly isn’t a drain pour or anything but I would avoid.
1 | Disgusting | So bad I poured it out.
2 | Poor | I wouldn’t consume by choice.
3 | Bad | Multiple flaws.
4 | Sub-par | Not bad, but many things I’d rather have.
5 | Good | Good, just fine.
6 | Very Good | A cut above.
7 | Great | Well above average
8 | Excellent | Really quite exceptional.
9 | Incredible | An all time favorite
10 | Perfect | Perfect
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