Årø Vingård

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  Årø Vingård Honningsyp Liqueur 35 cl 16.5%

  Item no.: 2222-0356

  On the small island of Årø, tucked into the Little Belt where vines grow closer to the water than almost anywhere else in Denmark, sits a bottle that brings together the island's two sweetest treasures: the grapes and the bees. Honningsyp from Årø Vingård is made with honey from the vineyard's own hives in the apple orchard, and the result is soft, golden and full of late-summer warmth.

  Expert's Description

  Årø Vingård Honningsyp Liqueur is a Danish honey liqueur from Årø Vingård, bottled at 16.5%. The bottle belongs to the vineyard's small range of liqueurs, made alongside the estate's wines, on the same soil and with the same philosophy of using what the island itself provides.

  The vineyard's story began in 2004, when Svend Aage planted the first 125 vines on Årø after visiting a small winegrower in Christiansfeld. It grew year by year, and in 2015 Lisbeth and Jakob Lei took over the estate, just before a harvest, with plans to turn it into a year-round destination built around wine, apples and honey. Today the fields hold more than 5,000 vines and 1,200 apple trees, and the beehives dotted around the orchard supply the honey behind this very bottle.

  Honningsyp is an old Danish tradition: spirits sweetened with honey until they turn round, sweet and gentler in strength. Årø Vingård's version is made with honey from its own bees, giving the liqueur a softness that only comes when the raw ingredient hasn't travelled far.

  Tasting Notes

  Nose

  The nose offers warm honey and a touch of beeswax, with a hint of ripe fruit from the orchard's apple trees.

  Taste

  The palate is round and sweet, with honey at its centre and a light acidity at the edges that keeps it from tipping into sweetness overload.

  Finish

  The finish is soft and gently warming, lingering with one last note of flower honey.

  Specifications

  Name: Årø Vingård Honningsyp Liqueur 35 cl 16.5%
  Distillery: Årø Vingård
  Region/Country: Årø, Southern Jutland, Denmark
  Type: Honningsyp Liqueur
  ABV: 16.5%
  Size: 35 CL
  Serving suggestion: Best enjoyed at cellar or room temperature, alongside dessert or coffee

  Flavour Profile

  Sweet · Honey · Round · Lightly Acidic

  Did You Know?

  Did you know that Årø Vingård now has its own small production space, where visitors can create their own signature drink? That makes the vineyard one of the few places in Denmark where you can walk between the vines and blend your own bottle to take home.

  See our full range of Årø Vingård

  • 1pcs.
    26,75EUR
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  Årø Vingård Æblelikør Danish Paradise Apple Liqueur 35 cl 16,5%

  Item no.: 2222-0355

  On the small island of Årø in the Little Belt, where apple trees line the vineyard's rows, small aromatic paradise apples are picked to become this golden liqueur. It's a bottle that tastes of Danish summer and one island's proud orchard.

  Expert description

  Årø Vingård Apple Liqueur Paradise Apple is a Danish fruit liqueur at 16.5% ABV, made from paradise apples grown on Årø Vingård's own plantation on the island of Årø in Haderslev Fjord. The small, intensely aromatic paradise apples are pressed and processed into a liqueur with a beautiful golden colour and a natural, concentrated apple sweetness only these small apple varieties can give. The vineyard, which today runs both vineyards and a larger apple plantation, has specialised in turning the island's fruit into wines, cider and liqueurs with local identity.

  The liqueur is gently produced so the paradise apples' fresh character is preserved, and its moderate strength makes it pleasant to enjoy both neat and in cocktails.

  Taste

  The nose offers fresh apples, a touch of blossom and ripe fruit skin, while the palate is round and soft with a fine balance between natural sweetness and a light acidity that keeps the liqueur fresh throughout.

  Specifications

  Name: Paradise Apple Liqueur
  Producer: Årø Vingård
  Region/Country: Årø, Denmark
  Type: Danish Fruit Liqueur
  Main ingredients: Paradise apples
  ABV: 16.5%
  Size: 35 CL
  Serving suggestion: As an aperitif, with a cheese board, with desserts, or in cocktails with fresh apple notes

  Flavour profile

  Sweet · Fruity · Fresh · Floral

  Did you know?

  Paradise apples are a small, decorative apple variety originally grown mostly as ornamental trees, but on Årø their intense aroma and natural sweetness are put to use in liqueur production instead.

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  • 1pcs.
    22,75EUR