The newest launch from Malternative Belgium comes from Réaux sur Trèfle, a small village in Petite Champagne. The cask was stuffed by a brouilleur de cru associated to the Estève household (test the Estève Lot 89).
Cognac Lot 69 – Petite Champagne (50,3%, Malternative Belgium 2025, 364 btl.)
Nostril: syrupy fruits, like purple plums, dried apricots and raisins. Some caramel sweetness beneath, with stewed pears and blood orange. Then a darker facet of milk chocolate and cherry jam certainly – a little bit of a Mon Chéri vibe. On high of this we discover whiffs of polished furnishings, menthol, tobacco and Earl Gray tea.
Mouth: the polished wooden comes again and mixes with extra drying tobacco and Assam tea. Drops of espresso blended with darkish chocolate. Mid-palate a lighter, refreshing wave of (pink) grapefruit and orange peels comes out, together with mint and delicate natural notes. Then it begins leaning in direction of cherries and raisins once more. Hints of liquorice too.
End: fairly lengthy, on black tea, menthol and nonetheless some hints of (black) cherries.
Maybe a tad extra woody and rancio-driven than I anticipated, however nonetheless a extremely good launch. Simply while you suppose it turns into too heavy, a really full of life brightness seems. General a really tremendous launch. Now accessible from Malternative Belgium and its retailers.
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