Balvenie Double Wood 12 year

• Producer : WilliamGrant&SonsGroup
• Category : Whiskey
• Sub category : Hiland Malt – Speyside
• Alcohol content : 43% vol

Balvenie is a malt whiskey from speyside region of the Highland, Schotland. Malt whiskey is a spirit distilled from a fermented barley malt mash matures in cask at least 3 years. Nearly all Malts are double distilled (pot-still), the raw mature is basically malted barley. The maturation 3 years is statutory , common malts mature at least 10 years , top products even substantially longer. The Balvenie Distillery is named after the famous castle “Balvenie” which adjacent to the distillery property. Balvenie double wood 12 years matures 12 years in former burbon casks therefore in American oak, and afterwards another 6 months in sherry cask.

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Carenal Mendoza Brandy

• Producer : Osborne,Jerez de la Fronters
• Category : Barndy
• Sub Category : Gran Reserva
• Alc. Content : 42% Vol

Cardenal Mendoza is a brandy de jerez originatis almost exclusively from the wine making reign of La Manca. The brandy has only mature in the sherry region of Jerez

Similar to Sherry, Brandy de Jerez also experiences the solera system. Wine of same kind but different age is stored one above each other in Oakwood barrels. In the bottom row matures the oldest wine and so on, on top the youngest of the wines. Each year a third is taken from the bottom barrel and refilled by a third of the consecutive of the barrel above just until the barrel of the top row is refilled with the new wine. The solera system achieves equal lasting quality and taste.

Cardenal mendoza is divided into three classifications according to the maturation by the Solera System:

Solera : by law 0.5 years de facto: 1.5years

Solera Reserva : by law 1year de facto: 3 years

Solera gran reserva : by law 3 years de facto: min 8 years

Cardenal mendoza is a Solera Gran Reserva classified brandy de Jerez and originates from Jerez de la Froneta.

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