Description
Brandy is consumed by wealthy Mexicans and the not so rich as well while they sit on bar stools or gossip in hotel lobbies or talk across a table in an outdoor cafe or watch the waves on a beach in Puerto Vallerta. The most popular brandy is Domecq s Presidente, so widely drunk – over five million cases last year – that the brand is virtually a generic name for brandy here. Presidente brandy is produced from a blend of the best grapes from the Hermosillo region of Mexico. Following distillation, the spirit is is aged for a minimum of 24 months in American oak barrel. The spirits chosen for Presidente are selected for their combination of fruit and oak notes. Presidente is clean and bright with a medium amber color. On the nose fruity with slight oak aromas and touches of caramel. Dried fruits and vanilla aromas from the American oak over a base of almonds. On the mouth a sweet entrance which develops into a slightly bitter finish with notes of caramel and oak. A light, easily mixed spirit, it has been aged only two years and is not likely to be confused with heady, decades-old spirits.