Rich chocolate with chilli warmth — vanilla and cinnamon adding Aztec spice character
Warm cocoa with chilli heat — the Scottish gin base providing juniper backbone, vanilla smoothing the spice, genuinely bold and exotic
Chilli warmth with chocolate lingering — Aztec indulgence from the Scottish Solway coast
Solway Cortes is Aztec-inspired — named for Hernán Cortés. Chocolate and chilli with vanilla and cinnamon. Bold and exotic from the coast.
Chocolate-chilli nose. Warm cocoa with spice on palate. Chilli-chocolate finish.
Solway Cortes earns a 7 for Aztec-Scottish fusion that surprises and delights.
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