2014 Rochelt Wachauer Marille (Apricot) Eau De Vie (50%)
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The apricots used in this stunning eau de vie hail from the Wachau region in Austria. When fully ripe, the apricots fall to the ground and are sorted and cleaned by hand. They are then turned into mash immediately and transported to the family-run distillery in Fritzens, east of Innsbruck. This is a stunning apricot eau de vie from the prestigious producer, Rochelt.
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Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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Rochelt’s Eau de Vie Wachau Apricot eau de vie is ridiculously great. Intensely aromatic, with almost tropical overtones, the Apricot is so expressive from the very first taste. Yellow orchard fruit, ginger and soaring aromatics stain the palate. It’s an eau de vie that deeply satisfies both the hedonistic and intellectual senses. I will remember tasting it for a very, very long time. What a knockout. This is one of four eau de vies in Rochelt’s gift box set.
About the producer
Rochelt is a prestigious Austrian producer of high-quality eaux de vie made in the Tyrolean tradition. The distillery started life in brothers Günter and Dietmar Rochelt’s cousin’s garage when they began experimenting with wild rowanberry distillation in the 1970s.