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
The King’s Penicillin is a warming, suave cocktail perfect for a crisp winter evening. Inspired by the soothing properties of honey and lemon, it combines the bold, spiced warmth of The King’s Ginger with the rich depth of our Speyside Sherry Cask 12-Year-Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky. Brightened with fresh lemon juice and sweetened with honey syrup, it’s an ideal cocktail to sip and savour all night long.
This case contains:
1 x 50cl The King's Ginger Liqueur (29.9%)
1 x 75cl Berry Bros. & Rudd Speyside Sherry Cask, 12-Year-Old, Single Malt Scotch Whisky (45.3%)
Ingredients
30ml The King’s Ginger
30ml Berry Bros. & Rudd Speyside Sherry Cask 12-Year-Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky
25ml fresh lemon juice
10ml honey syrup (equal parts honey and water)
Ice
Recommended Glassware
Lowball/rocks glass
Method
1. Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
2. Shake thoroughly to blend the flavours.
3. Strain into a lowball/rocks glass filled with fresh ice.
4. Garnish with a piece of crystallised ginger for a sweet and spicy finish.
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