Metaxa 12 Star Greek Liqueur (40%)

Metaxa 12 Star is a Greek liqueur made from aged wine distillates, sun-rich Muscat wine from Samos and Mediterranean botanicals, including May rose petals. It is aged in medium and heavily toasted French Limousin oak casks and married in oak barrels for one year before bottling. The profile centres on dried fruit, spice and floral notes, with apricot, peach, raisin, prune, honey, sugared almonds, rosewater and toasted oak. It is intended for sipping, as a digestif or in cocktails. The colour is a radiant, deep coppery amber. The aroma carries dried apricot, peach skin, honey, sugared almonds, rose blossom, spice and orange zest. The palate is rich and fruity, balanced by light spice, honeyed sweetness, rosewater and toasted oak. The finish is long, aromatic and spicy-sweet, with orange peel, black pepper, black tea and rose blossom.