1960’s D.O.M Benedictine 73 Proof products

1960’s D.O.M Benedictine 73 Proof productsThe recipe is a closely guarded trade secret, purportedly known to only three people at any given time. So many people have tried to reproduce it that the company maintains on its grounds in Fcamp a "Hall of Counterfeits" (Salle des Contrefaons). The bottle and label have been imitated, as has the name Bndictine. The company prosecutes those it feels are infringing on its intellectual property. The manufacturing process involves several distillations

roasted and toffee-ish and Caramel

rounded off by roasted almond

It is a wine dominated by notes of black fruit

characterized by the harmonious blend of coffee

blue label)

Hints of plums also on the nose

1973 Dailuaine 30 year old speyside First Cask Series Cask 15928 Btl 192 46%abv

France to learn the production techniques for Champagne

based on the Bordeaux assemblage

The Flora & Fauna series was introduced in 1992 by United Distillers (a forerunner of Diageo before various industry mergers took place) and consists of 26 single malts from across the company’s range of distilleries

A hint of beeswax

with a little more tannins (cinnamon) and quite some oranges in the aftertaste