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Sloe Motion Sloe Gin
SLOEmotion Sloe Gin has its roots firmly in the British countryside. Since 2003 SLOEmotion of Green Farm, Barton-le-Willows near York has been producing top quality food products while conserving wildlife that the last 60 years of farming had lost.
SLOEmotion Sloe Gin is made from finest quality distilled London Gin from the last true Gin distiller and bottler in London. All sloes, the uncultivated relative of plums and damsons, are hand-picked from blackthorn hedgerows.
By using a good quality, smooth, but not strong-tasting gin, the aromatic cherry noted sloe is dominant, with a hint of almond that comes from the stone, the gin only declaring its full presence at the end, when the dryness cuts through – leaving a strong warming glow. The addition of sugar is kept to a minimum to avoid a treacly texture.
When is a wine ready to drink?
We provide drinking windows for all our wines. Alongside the drinking windows there is a bottle icon and a maturity stage. Bear in mind that the best time to drink a wine does also depend on your taste.
Not ready
These wines are very young. Whilst they're likely to have lots of intense flavours, their acidity or tannins may make them feel austere. Although it isn't "wrong" to drink these wines now, you are likely to miss out on a lot of complexity by not waiting for them to mature.
Ready - youthful
These wines are likely to have plenty of fruit flavours still and, for red wines, the tannins may well be quite noticeable. For those who prefer younger, fruitier wines, or if serving alongside a robust meal, these will be very enjoyable. If you choose to hold onto these wines, the fruit flavours will evolve into more savoury complexity.
Ready - at best
These wines are likely to have a beautiful balance of fruit, spice and savoury flavours. The acidity and tannins will have softened somewhat, and the wines will show plenty of complexity. For many, this is seen as the ideal time to drink and enjoy these wines. If you choose to hold onto these wines, they will become more savoury but not necessarily more complex.
Ready - mature
These wines are likely to have plenty of complexity, but the fruit flavours will have been almost completely replaced by savoury and spice notes. These wines may have a beautiful texture at this stage of maturity. There is lots to enjoy when drinking wines at this stage. Most of these wines will hold in this window for a few years, though at the very end of this drinking window, wines start to lose complexity and decline.
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