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A long-aged HSE single cask from Martinique, dry and oak-driven with dark chocolate, cigar-box wood, toasted nuts, dried apricot and a thread of tropical fruit, elegant and balanced at a very drinkable 47.8%, certified unsweetened.
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HSE Single Cask MEB 2022 is a long-aged Martinique agricole from Habitation Saint-Etienne, distilled at the Distillerie du Simon and drawn from a single 2006 cask. The HSE name is known for its cask finishes and vintages, and this release sits at nearly sixteen years of age, bottled at 47.8%.
Distilled from fresh-pressed cane juice on a creole column and matured in ex-bourbon oak, it trades the bright snap of youth for dry, mature elegance: dark chocolate, cigar-box wood, toasted nuts and dried apricot, with tropical fruit lingering underneath. The profile is firmly spice and wood led rather than sweet, true to a well-aged AOC agricole, and tropical maturation has built depth beyond the years on the label. Certified unsweetened, it is at its best neat after dinner.
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