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TOP SPIRITS OF 2019

Ford's Gin
Officers' Reserve

Probitas Rum

Of all the gins that have flooded
the market this year, Officers'
Reserve stands out as the most
exciting. A collaboration between
Simon Ford, of the 86 Company,
and master distiller Charles Maxwell, of Thames Distillery, this is
distilled from a wheat-base spirit,
then steeped for 15 hours with
nine botanicals, including grapefruit, orange peel, coriander and
jasmine. Aged in Amontillado
Sherry casks for three weeks and
then bottled at "Navy strength"
(above the usual 40 percent abv),
it's a creamy, gentle gin with
notes of hazelnut and juniper-
perfect for fruity drinks or a Tom
Collins.

This category-breaking "white"
rum is a joint venture between
Foursquare Rum Distillery in Barbados and Hampden Estate in
Jamaica. It blends two Barbadian
rums (one traditional Coffey-still
rum and the other a two-year-old
pot-still version) with Jamaican
pot-still rum, bottled unfiltered
and with no caramel added. The
color, clear but edging into beige,
hints at its richness, with layered
flavors of cantaloupe, strawberry,
white chocolate and mushroom
that feel ethereal and lasting. This
is one to savor.
Imported by Altamar Brands,
Corona del Mar, CA; 47% abv,
$30/750 ml

Imported by Park Street Imports,
Miami, FL; 54.5% abv, $35/750 ml

Cobrafire

Armagnac has a long tradition of
blanche, or unaged, brandy, but
no one really paid much attention to it until French expat Nicolas Palazzi of NYC's PM Spirits
partnered with Claire de Montesquiou of Domaine d'Espérance
in Armagnac. They labeled it
with a menacing name, though
the spirit is far from threatening: Made from folle blanche and
baco, it's a complex, smooth eaude-vie with pale notes of white tea
and golden plum. Cobrafire has
quickly become a favorite among
bartenders, who find its stonefruit richness and forest-floor
notes add an umami complexity
to mixed drinks.
Imported by PM Spirits, NY; 51.3%
abv, $52/750 ml

Bruichladdich
The Organic 2010

The Organic started as an experiment in the early 2000s, when
Bruichladdich, the 138-year-old
whisky distillery, partnered with
farmers across Islay to focus on
site expression in island-grown
barley. They conducted individual parcel distillations from 27
farms before releasing three whiskies in their Uber Provenance
Barley Exploration Series. The latest is based on organically-farmed
barley from Mid Coul Farm in
Inverness, harvested in 2009
and distilled in 2010. Aged in exBourbon barrels and unpeated,
it delivers a familiar Islay punch
of caramel and almond flavor but
not so much as to obscure all the
heady floral-and-citrus details.
It's Islay, redefined.
Imported by Rémy Cointreau USA,
NY; 50% abv, $100/liter

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