Somerset Shipwreck

In 2007, en-route to South Africa, the MSC Napoli was beached off Devon. Its cargo included new, empty Allier oak barrels destined for The Cape’s finest vineyards. Some of the shipwrecked barrels found their way to us, having been protected from the sea by being packed among bibles written in Zulu. Maturing our brandy in these barrels gives a sophisticated finish worthy of single cask bottling. We now buy new barrels from the same cooperage. The finely grained new Allier oak is what creates the distinctive smoked, oaky taste of Shipwreck.

It smells fruity but with smoke and oak and toasted apples and hints of mahogany. A smoky, sophisticated and distinctively oaky finish.

Apples, Spring Water.

Enjoy as you would a cider brandy, or incorporate into a cocktail recipe.

Wrecked, by The Dark Bear

Shipwreck Myth, by Dustin Macmillan

“Burrow Hill Cider 'also pioneered Somerset Cider Brandy. Over the past three decades they have done more than anyone else in Britain to develop classy drinks from homegrown apple juice.” - The Financial Times

PGI protection from 2011

Part of The Slow Food Movement