About the Producer
The Roque distillery was founded by Louis Roque in 1905 in Souillac, France. The distillery specializes in plum brandy using plums local to the region. They remove the pits before fermentation and use a double boiler system to heat the plum wine during distillation.
Details
- Distilled from Ente, Mirabelle and Reine-Claude plums.
- Double distilled in copper pot stills.
- Aged 4 years in 400L casks
- No sugar added
- 42% abv.
Nose
More cask influence than fruit with caramel and a soft butteriness. Sweet cream. Finally sweet plums after some searching. Plums are much more on the sweet side than tart. Traces of cinnamon. Medium intensity and sweet. Great, has some complexity and evolution.
Palate
Very sweet with sweet plums and sweet cream dominating. Medium amount of oak and vanilla and traces of baking spices. Buttery in both flavor and texture. Texture is excellent with a medium body and full flavor. Again I really like this.
Finish
Medium with sweet plum and caramel.
Rating: 7
A great plum brandy that has some complexity but more importantly is just plain tasty. Very much on the sweet end of things and I love the buttery texture. Highly recommend.
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
Leave a Reply