Acha’s Pacharán Sierra de Orduña bottling represents the original historic recipe for this regional liqueur. It is made from local sloe fruit which grow wild in the hillsides surrounding the Artomaña Valley vineyards, home of Arabako Txakolina. These locally harvested stone fruits are then macerated with neutral grape alcohol that has been distilled five times. Another batch of this alcohol is used to macerate three types of anise – star anise, aniseed, and coriander – and is then distilled once more. Once both macerations are complete, these two products are blended with sugar and alcohol to create this classic Pacharán.
The 2019 Vintage Port is a field blend aged for 18 months in old wood vats. It was bottled May 4, 2021, and has 100 grams of residual sugar. It was in bottle only a bit more than two months when tasted, but it seems quite brilliant, even so. Very concentr...