Clean — grain, vanilla, mineral freshness.
Smooth — soft grain, gentle sweetness, rounded mouthfeel.
Clean and medium — vanilla, gentle warmth.
Hensol Castle Distillery operates from a seventeenth-century castle in the Vale of Glamorgan. Their vodka is made from Welsh grain and estate spring water, distilled in copper pot stills at 40%.
The nose is clean — grain, vanilla touch, mineral freshness. The palate is smooth with soft grain, gentle sweetness, and rounded pot still mouthfeel. The finish is clean and medium. A well-made Welsh craft vodka with genuine heritage.
Marcus discovered vodka through the American craft distilling boom — he spent two years visiting micro-distilleries from Brooklyn to Portland, tasting everything from corn-based to grape-based to milk...
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