Argonaut Fat Thumb Brandy (75cl, 43%)

Argonaut Fat Thumb is a California brandy bottled at 43% ABV in a 750ml bottle. It is blended from alembic pot-still and Coffey-still brandies aged from 2 to 16 years, with a 9-year alembic brandy as the largest single leg, drawn from more than 100 sets. The blend is aged in ex-bourbon and French Limousin oak barrels and made from California grapes including French Colombard, Grenache and Muscat. It is produced in Sanger, California by Argonaut Distilling Company for E. & J. Gallo. Per the brand, it shows baked apple cobbler and caramelised pear with toasted oak, coconut, vanilla, nutmeg and clove, followed by red apple and overripe pear with a trace of caramelised banana, with a rich, silky mouthfeel.