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Greensand Ridge
Greensand Ridge produces Gin, Fruit Brandies, Rums and Whiskies, using sustainable practices and turning surplus produce from local growers into fine spirits.
They aim to have the smallest possible environmental footprint using 100% renewable power and aiming to be waste, chemical and plastic free in the distillery, with sophisticated heat recovery, closed loop cooling, and all organic waste making gas for the grid.
One of the unique things about Greensand Ridge is that they also aim to have a positive impact on the environment by working with local farmers and food distributors to take surplus produce only, to turn into the highest quality spirits. Supermarket reject Apples and Apricots become brandies, past sell-by-date Molasses becomes Rum, wheat pancake trimmings become whiskey.
Their mission is to change the perception of what makes a world class luxury product. By making their award winning spirits from surplus produce they demonstrate that as well as demanding the rare and the scarce, we can celebrate the refashioning of the abundant and the discarded.
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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Description
Skilled distiller Will Edge has created this splendid molasses rum at the gorgeous Greensand Ridge distillery in the Kentish Weald. His commitment to sustainability is hugely admirable. This, coupled with the softness of texture his spirits are all imbued with, makes for a producer to keep an eye on. With gentle spice and touches of dried fruit, this is one for pre-dinner sipping or a delicious Rum Old Fashioned.
Rob Whitehead, Spirits Buyer, Berry Bros. & Rudd (Jan 2023)
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