Product Description
With a history dating back to 1865, Macieira has been following generations of consumers and connoisseurs, from kings and poets to connaisseurs and pure brandy lovers, within and across borders. Internationally recognized, Macieira has won several awards since its presence at the World Expo in Paris in 1889. More than 125 years after its launch, MACEIRA “5 STAR” remains the trusted and preferred brand of the Portuguese people and some from beyond Portugal. The unaltered formula, which distinguishes it and has made it the market leader in Portugal.
A golden brown colour, marked with green and orange hues. Lightly fragrant, from the combination of wine and “vinho abafado” distillate added through a method of blending and aging that uses only small oak and chestnut Portuguese casks. It is delicately complex and typical – characteristic of wines that are distilled. The use of “vinho abafado” gives subtle notes of anise and coriander. It is smooth, rich and well structured, with subtle tannins on the finish.