Louis Roque La Vieille Prune Reserve Plum Brandy
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This Plum brandy is made by Distillerie Louis Roque in Souillac, Quercy, in the southwest of France near the Gascony region. It is distilled from three varieties of plums: Ente (a red plum), Mirabelle (yellow plum most famous in the Lorraine) and Reine-Claude (green plum grown all over France). After being double distilled on a bain-marie style copper pot still, it is aged 4–5 years in 400-liter oak casks. The reduction to 42% abv is done gradually through the aging process, and no sugar is added.
Boisterous fruit and esters burst off the nose with vibrant oxidation and notes of rich, nutty marzipan from the plum pits. The palate is deep and oaky, full of raisins, Chinese 5 Spice, licorice root, and of course, prunes.
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It is the best digestive
I bought this Louis Roque La Vielle on a whim and a recommendation at BittersandBottles. It has exceeded my expectations tenfold.
In my family in Germany all the old and some not that old people drink an Obstler as a digestive after a heavy meal which can be any day in Germany. Obstler is an eau-de-vie made from Apricots or plums or Marillen or any such fruit. Sometimes a mix of all. Usually made by very old mountain people in the Austrian Alps in small batches and rarely for sale anywhere else. Especially not in the US.
So I was very surprised after opening the first bottle of the Vielle to find that it’s an extremely high class obstler.
I am a huge fan. Very, very good!
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