Fundador Fine Solera Sherry Casks Spanish Brandy, 1L

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Fundador Sherry Cask Solera is a fantastic Brandy of Brandy class with an alcoholic volume of 36% from Spain, without doubts, one of the greatest references from the category Brandy. Fundador was the first brand of brandy in Spain and it still lives on today, even though Domecq was sold Visit of the Duke and Duchess of Montpensier to the Sherry wine stores of Don Pedro Domecq – The Illustrated London News, 1849 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.

Fundador Sherry Cask Solera has a smooth, sweet flavour that is fully enhanced by it's aging in sherry casks, making it perfect for blendingNose: fruitcake notes with a slight pungency of oak spices. It’s smooth with no rough edges but on the other hand there’s little to get excited about. Complexity is fairly low.

The ideal temperature to enjoy it is cool, between 10 and 15 degrees, and it can be drunk with coke or on its own, with ice. The best times to drink it are as an aperitif with dried fruit and nuts or at the end of a meal with dessert. Bodegas Fundador seeks to reach the general public with this product without losing, far from it, the quality and tradition that define it. The maturation in sherry casks and the careful process by which this winery, truly expert in its task,carries outuntil it reaches the final product we enjoy, make it something really special. Fundador Solera is elaborated using grapes only from the Pago de Macharnudo and is the true forerunner of Brandy de Jerez in Spain. Taste: harmonious and smooth; vigorous, full-bodied, and vinous. Remarkable and pleasant persistence.

Fundador is the market-leading Spanish grape brandy. Made using Airen and Palomino grapes, Fundador (literally 'Founder') was the first brand marketed as a 'Brandy de Jerez and is aged in a sherry-soaked Solera.

Smell: complex but balanced aroma, we can perceive notes of noble wood and a constant reflection of the vinosity provided by its careful maturation process.

Fundador is probably the most iconic brand of sherry brandy, produced by the legendary Pedro Domecq. Its name means founder and this is well chosen because in 1874 it was the first brand ever to be marketed as Brandy de Jerez . Obviously there is written evidence of distillation in Spain in the 16th century (with the first tax imposed in 1580) – the art of distillation itself was introduced in Andalusia in the 8th century, then probably only for medicinal purposes. Fundador Sherry Cask Solera, a legend born in the oldest bodega in Jerez and whose aging in sherry casks gives it unique nuances.