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
A refined winter twist on an all-time classic, the King’s Negroni combines the warm, gingery spice of the King’s Ginger with the crispness of No.3 London Dry Gin and the rich depth of Cocchi Vermouth di Torino. This harmonious blend creates the ideal winter cocktail—perfectly balanced and refreshingly complex, it is the ideal aperitivo for cold-weather gatherings.
This case contains:
1 x 50cl The King's Ginger Liqueur (29.9%)
1 x 70cl No.3 London Dry Gin (46%)
1 x 75cl Cocchi, Vermouth di Torino, Italy (16%)
Ingredients
30ml The King’s Ginger
30ml No.3 London Dry Gin
30ml Cocchi Vermouth di Torino
1 orange
Ice
Recommended Glassware
Lowball/rocks glass
Method
1. Measure The King’s Ginger, No.3 Gin, and Cocchi Vermouth into a mixing glass.
2. Stir over ice until well chilled, then strain into a lowball glass filled with fresh ice.
3. Garnish with a twist of orange peel for a burst of citrus aroma.
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