Appearance
Antique polished mahogany fading to amber with old gold to copper highlights.
Nose
Good fresh clean spirit whose aromas are not totally dominated by Sherry and which can speak for itself, though there is some there naturally, and quite possibly Amontillado rather than Oloroso. It doesn´t appear to have been sweetened or if so only very sightly as there is a faint aroma of brown sugar there along with a hint of dried spices like cinnamon. This is very subtle, elegant and classy.
Palate
Remarkably harmonious, fairly light and elegant all the way through with some traces of sweetness, dried fruits and Sherry, but all very subtle, adding to - rather than dominating - a good spirit. It is very clean with distant hints of spice, cacao, tobacco and wood, and had a dry finish with considerable length leaving all sorts of complex nuances in its wake.
Comments
Sánchez Romate have long been one of the leading brandy producers in Jerez
since they established the Cardenal Mendoza solera in 1888, and for
which they have 1,000 numbered butts of holandas stored in their
Barreras bodega. The spirit is distilled from wine made from Airén grapes, slowly and at low strength for maximum
quality and flavour, and after at least 12 years of ageing, five butts are selected by the firm´s master distiller, Ricardo Real and oenologist Reyes Gómez
from those individual butts which have developed the most
interesting aroma and flavour profiles. These will then be bottled as one-offs, or
"single oak casks" each one of which of course being unique from the
others and producing about 1,000 bottles from each butt at 40%/vol. Theoretically then,
every time you buy a bottle of this brandy it will be from a different
cask and therefore a new experience.
Price
28.50, Licores Corredera
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