Doc Pepe's Lab Barrel-Finished Negroni (75cl)

This is a ready-to-drink Negroni from Doc Pepe's Lab in California. The London dry gin, Italian-style sweet vermouth and bitter orange liqueur are all made separately in-house, then blended. The mixed cocktail rests for three to six months in ex-Bourbon barrels from Kentucky and is bottled at cask strength. It is best stirred with ice, strained into a chilled glass and garnished with fresh orange peel. The nose offers Valencia orange, juniper and cascarilla bark. On the palate come red grapefruit, dark vermouth and black cherry, and it finishes with caramelised orange peel, gentian and vanilla.