Leopold Bros. Absinthe Verte California Red Wine 000-liter copper pot still fired

000-liter copper pot still fired directly with bagasse — the spent cane fiber — and sent straight to Port-au-Prince to be bottled at still strength without reduction

Originally created in 1962 for an American market with a taste for red wine

and luscious dark fruit notes

They’re set aside for a couple of years for further maturation and the liquid is bottled at cask-strength

Reviewers have mostly been impressed: Master of Malt found buttery oak

Leopold Bros. Absinthe Verte California Red Wine 000-liter copper pot still firedProduct Type: Liqueur Size: 750mL Product Notes: We start with imported Chilean pisco, placing it in our small 150 liter copper pot still, and carefully adding the traditional Absinthe botanicals: anise, grande wormwood, and sweet fennel, together with a number of proprietary botanicals. Before it is bottled, it must undergo a coloring step. While many commercial absinthes are colored artificially, ours is colored traditionally by placing our hand