Fundador Spanish Brandy, 70cl

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a b c d e Smith, Hamish (February 20, 2015). "The Brandy Report (2/12): The Philippines". Drinks International . Retrieved March 20, 2017.

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Being owners of Harveys (Harveys Bristol Cream is the world's best-selling sherry brand according to IWSR 2020 data), gives us the possibility to select the best Sherry Casks to refine our best brandies Fundador." Mouth: some vague fruits again, maybe a hint of apricot. Now there’s a slightly rough edge to it, plain alcohol and a plankish kind of woodiness. Fades into caramel flavours, a hint of toffee and light mocha. The finish is quite short and rough, with lingering caramel. Brandy is a distilled spirit made by fermenting and distilling fruit. Different styles of brandy call for different fruit. Calvados, for instance, uses apples, while Cognac typically calls for ugni blanc grapes. In Jerez it is also possible to use wine spirits of a higher degree of alcoholic content, but never (by decree of the Consejo) more than 50% of the total. The holandas must always represent 50% minimum of the final brandy. After acquiring Bodega San Bruno in Jerez, Spain, the brand introduced an Emperador Deluxe variant in 2013. The brand saw a 7.6% reduction of sales by volume in 2015, but maintained its volume above 30 million cases (270 million liters), a level it has held since 2012. [2] [3]

Due to its popularity Domecq was also the first to adopt the more efficient column stills in 1890, leaving behind the double distillation in pot stills or alquitaras. Its popularity also led to the use of Airén grapes grown in La Mancha, where the bodega still has its own distillery in the town of Tomelloso. In fact the rising popularity of Spanish brandy in general meant Airén became the most widely planted grape in the world at some point. PHNewsNow (December 19, 2016). "Emperador bags 2 awards at 2016 International Review of Spirits» Business | OFW Newsfeed". OFW Newsfeed . Retrieved January 18, 2017. [ dead link] Brandy de Jerez Solera Reserva — With a minimum average maturation period of 1 year and a total content of volatile components of 200mg. per 100 cc. of pure alcohol. Fundador, origin of the first Spanish brandy and a reference since 1874, has been able to adapt to the new times without neglecting the tradition that supports it. In 2021 it presents its best-known Brandy Solera, Fundador Sherry Cask Solera, completely renovated.

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So, Fundador is a brand with a lot of history, but nowadays also a very high-volume producer with different ages and different levels of quality under one umbrella, I would say. Currently they produce a whole range of Fundador brandies, from light spirit drinks (which don’t follow the regulations of the D.O. Brandy de Jerez) over the classic Fundador Solera and double matured versions to the Fundador Supremo series which includes 12, 15 and 18 year-old expressions matured in different types of sherry casks. There’s also a Solera Gran Reserva Fundador Exclusivo. a b c d e Hayes, Annie (June 28, 2016). "The World's Best-Selling Cognac and Brandy Brands". www.thespiritsbusiness.com/. The Spirits Business . Retrieved March 19, 2017. One of the most famous and most popular types of brandy has to be Cognac – and more specifically, Hennessy. But there's more to brandy than just this well known one, so we've compiled a list of 10 of the best brandy brands in the world.

The brandy must have been produced exclusively within the municipal boundaries of Jerez de la Frontera, El Puerto de Santa María and Sanlúcar de Barrameda. a b Lazo, Kristyn Nika M. (December 1, 2015). "Emperador buys Spain's Fundador". The Manila Times . Retrieved December 2, 2015. Since 2006, it has been the world's top-selling brand of brandy in terms of quantity of brandy sold. [1] Annual sales in 2015 amounted to 275 million liters. [2] [3] However, by international standards, the Emperador Light expression (introduced in 2010) is considered a "cut brandy" rather than a true brandy, as it contains neutral spirits alcohol made from sugar cane. [3] [4] the traditional pot still which in Jerez is called an alquitara – introduced by the Moors - made of copper and heated directly by a holm-oak wood fire using a discontinuous process (loading and unloading). These are used to obtain spirits of low alcoholic content, between 40° and 70°. Holandas is the term used in Jerez to refer to these wine spirits low in alcoholic content, which are of greater quality as they require the distillation of the best of wines and better evoke the raw material from which they are produced. All Cognacs are brandies, but not all brandies are Cognacs. Cognac is a type of brandy made from distilled white wine in the Cognac region of France. Brandy can be made with any type of fruit and can come from any region.