CASHEW FENNY ‘Big Boss’, Goa, India
Vintage Assessments Tasting Note	Producer	Madame Rosa Distillery
Clear colour. Pungent airplane glue nose with some sweet canned pear notes. Slightly sweet and yet with tart and bitter notes. Very peppery green pear flavours. Personally, I would be challenged to drink a glass of this stuff, which I assume is very much an acquired taste. Apparently Fenny (or Feni) is a spirit distilled from either coconut sap or, in this case, the cashew apple grown in India’s Goa. Sold in a raffia basket.	CSPC	943084
	Type	Spirit - Miscellaneous Spirits
	Agent	Reg Win
	Country	India
	Region
	Rating	-/* Distinctive
LCBO Note	Status
This is a unique and rare opportunity to experience a spirit that has never been in our market before. Fenny (alternately spelled Feni) is a spirit distilled from either coconut sap or, in this case, the cashew apple that grows below the well-known cashew nut. Though other countries produce spirits from the cashew apple, Cashew Fenny is unique to Goa, India’s ‘Riviera’ and a Portuguese colony until 1961. The pungent cashew apples are picked, foot-trodden and then fermented. After three days of fermentation, traditionally in mud pots but now more commercially in stainless steel tanks, the product is then triple distilled. Afterward the high alcohol is cut with spring water to bring it into line with most 40-45% alc./vol. drinks. Cashew Fenny is a unique taste experience. Many Goans drink it neat, but, for the international set, we recommend it on ice, with soda water and lemon or with a variety of fruit juices. It also works as an excellent partner with the Goan dish Chicken Xacuti (for the recipe go to our website, www.vintages.com).	Price	$ 27.80
	Bottle Size	750 mL
	Tasting Date	vintages release - April 5, 2003
	Cases bought	50 (12 bottles per case)
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