Roblet-Monnot Bourgogne Aligote Nerthus 2020 PURYEAR Empress 1908 Gin was commissioned

Empress 1908 Gin was commissioned for the legendary Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria

Ian Brand is one of the Central Coast's most curious winemakers

then dismissed as bulk juice and largely abandoned

finishing with white pepper and a peacock's tail of complexity

with a mineral spine running underneath the fruit and just enough barrel influence to give it texture without turning it into dessert

Roblet-Monnot Bourgogne Aligote Nerthus 2020 PURYEAR Empress 1908 Gin was commissionedAligot rarely commands this kind of respect, but Domaine Pascal Roblet Monnot's Nerthus from the Ctes de Nantoux proves the variety's hidden depths. Sourced from vines over 35 years old planted in calcium rich limestone, the fruit is pressed minimally and fermented with only indigenous yeast in large format barrels without sulfite additions. Aged a full year in wood, then nine more months in tank under carbonic atmospherethe result emerges with the