Metaxa 12 Star Brandy 700ml

Name: Metaxa 12 Star Brandy 700ml
Brand: Metaxa
SKU: M12SB
Price: 85.00 NZD
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Rating: 5.0000 (2 reviews)

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Metaxa 7 stars is a generous Greek spirit, the 7 stars represents the 7 years of ageing of this delicate but bold brandy. Imagine pronounced florals, marmalade and plum fruit, gently spiced with black pepper. Lots to love.

Metaxa 7 Stars is a blend of three ingredients, a double pot still brandy made from wine produced from Savatiano, Soultanina and Koritnthiakos grape varieties, aged a minimum of seven years in Limousin oak casks. Aged aromatic Muscat wines from the Aegean Islands of Samos and Lemnos, and last but not least an infusion of Mediterranean herbs and May rose petals. The final blend is married in oak barrels for one year before being chilled filtered and bottled.

Old gold in colour, it reveals delicate fruity aromas, followed by full, balanced flavours. Metaxa 7 Stars’ fruity and generous character is best explored neat, on ice or in cocktails.

Maker

Metaxa

Varietal

Brandy

Country

Greece

Region

Samos

ABV

40%

Bottle size

700ml

It all begins with Spyros Metaxa who built his first distillery in 1888 in Piraeus, in the port of Athens. Being raised in a family of silk merchants, he was an adventurer and a man of exquisite taste. As he travelled around the world, he discovered many different spirits and wines. However, he found that spirits of the time tended to be harsh on the palate and with no great aroma or character. So, he began to dream of crafting a unique spirit that was as smooth as it was intense. A spirit that would journey through the senses. By 1888 Spyros Metaxa creates METAXA, the Original Greek Spirit, and soon enough this very spirit began to be exported around the Mediterranean and the later the world-wide.

Metaxa's production process is carefully supervised by Master Blender Konstantinos Raptis. A blend of Savatiano, Sultanina and Black Corinth grapes are employed in its production. The result is twice distilled to 60% ABV using traditional copper pot stills and then blended with aged muscat wine from Samos and Lemnos.

For aromatics, a unique blend of botanicals and rose petals impart their flavours through a special steeping process, after which the spirit is married in limousine oak casks to rest. When master blender Raptis has determined the spirit is ready, it is brought to -6°C for 48 hours, filtered and bottled.

Tasting notes

NOSE
Orange Blossoms and Violet Blossoms, Dried Apricot, Toast Walnuts

Orange marmalade, floral orange and violet blossom, dried apricot, toasted walnut and black pepper spice.

PALATE
Marmalade, Honey, Black Pepper Spice

Slightly honey sweet and very fruity with marmalade, plum and red grapes.

FINISH
Violets, Jam, Oak Spices

Rose and Violets very pronounced in the long honeyed and elegant oak finish.

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5 months ago

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Bernie N

Metaxa 12 Star Brandy 700ml

I fell in love with this aged spirit at a Greek Restaurant and have always had a bottle in the house since. It is rich is flavour and has a liqueur mouthfeel rather than a spirit even when enjoyed straight. Winner.

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Varietal

Brandy

Country

Greece

Region

Samos

ABV

40%

Bottle size

700ml

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Tasting notes

NOSE Orange Blossoms and Violet Blossoms, Dried Apricot, Toast Walnuts

PALATE Marmalade, Honey, Black Pepper Spice

FINISH Violets, Jam, Oak Spices

NOSE
Orange Blossoms and Violet Blossoms, Dried Apricot, Toast Walnuts

PALATE
Marmalade, Honey, Black Pepper Spice

FINISH
Violets, Jam, Oak Spices