Cobrafire 'Eau de Vie de Raisin' Unaged Armagnac Mourvedre green sanshō (Japanese Szechuan peppercorn)

green sanshō (Japanese Szechuan peppercorn) and kinome (leaves from the peppercorn tree)

with just the right amount of "stuffing"

after a brief stint working with Randal Graham and Bob Linquist at Bonny Doon and Qupe respectively

It is a fruity

Our focus this month is his ü Pastine

Cobrafire 'Eau de Vie de Raisin' Unaged Armagnac Mourvedre green sanshō (Japanese Szechuan peppercorn)A true spirits nerd bottle, Cobrafire is distilled in the Armagnac region of France from the Folle Blanche and Baco grape varietals and bottled at full strength off the still. We felt this distillate expressed itself more like a grape eau de vie than an unaged Armagnac (which it technically is), hence we had it bottled as an eau de vie de raisin. The 51. 3% abv is perfectly integrated,the hallmark of a truly skilled distiller. Bottled at still