Jefferson's The Manhattan Barrel Finished Cocktail (75cl, 34%)

Jefferson's The Manhattan is a bottled Manhattan cocktail made with the editors of Esquire and launched in 2015. It is built on six-year-old Kentucky straight bourbon, blended with sweet and dry vermouth and barrel-aged spiced cherry bitters, and bottled at 34% ABV. The finished cocktail goes back into bourbon barrels for 90 days, so the ingredients marry and take extra depth from the wood. The colour is coppery amber. On the nose are dark cherry, candied fruit, nutmeg, vanilla and dried cranberry. The palate brings brown sugar, cherry pie, allspice, rye spice and black pepper over oak, and the finish is refined, with spice, sweetness and subtle herbal bitters.