Fassbind Les Vieilles Barriques Pear (75cl, 40%)

Fassbind Les Vieilles Barriques Pear is an oak-rested pear brandy from Switzerland's oldest working distillery. It is made from hand-sorted, fully ripe Williams pears, double-distilled and rested in French oak for roughly a year to a year and a half, then finished with a natural dried-pear extract. The distillery, S. Fassbind AG, has operated in Oberarth since 1846. On the nose it shows intense, fruity pear with wood notes, candied fruit, honey, crème caramel, hazelnut, vanilla ice cream and meringue. The palate is rich, complex and smooth, with pronounced pear followed by vanilla and hazelnut, honeydew and light wood. The finish is persistent, fruity and long.