Claiming to be a world-first, this edition of Hernö is aged in casks made from juniper wood. Matured for 30 days in 39.25-litre casks, this has a herbal sweetness, and notes of juniper and citrus peel. Try a Caramelized Gin & Tonic:
Stir everything for about ten seconds. Strain over an ice cube into an Old Fashioned glass. Garnish with orange zest.
*Caramelized & reduced tonic syrup: Boil 100ml tonic (Fever Tree Indian Tonic). Caramelize 60 grams of sugar on medium heat, and stir continuously. When all sugar is in fluid form and has turned yellow-brown, pour the heated tonic over the sugar. Be careful, it may splash! Stir until sugar and tonic is mixed. Keep heated for ten minutes. Strain into a bottle and keep cold.
This is very good value for money. A Piedmont red under $30! It has good dark fruit, some nice tannins and acid to balance although it would benefit from some more age to smooth it a bit but I liked its feistiness now.
I was happily surprised by the quality of the labels in the "mystery" case of rose wines - great value for the money I must say. Excellent drinking experience from the unfamiliar labels and happy to enjoy again the familiar ones.