About the Producer
According to the company website the Schladerer company was started as a tavern in 1844 by Sixtus Schladerer. Eventually a winery and a distillery making fruit brandies was added to the tavern. In 1932 the company started bottling in their distinctive rectangular bottles. Today the company is still primarily know for making fruit brandies including their flagship cherry brandy. Here in the states if a liquor store has any cherry brandy at all it’s likely Schlanerer. In addition they distill pear, plum, and apple brandy as well as the raspberry brandy I’m reviewing today.
Details
- Macerated with wild raspberries from the Carpathian mountains.
- 42% abv.
- Got for $40
Nose
Raspberries obviously but has a kind of funk to it almost like overripe raspberries. Pleasant and good intensity. Mild sweetness.
Palate
Unsurprisingly the palate is dominated by raspberries but the funkiness from the nose is toned down. The raspberries are closer to the juice as opposed to the flesh and seeds that I’ve gotten on other raspberry brandies in the past. Has an citrus-like effervescence to it like Sierra Mist or something. Medium body and medium sweet. Flavors are mild but good.
Finish
Medium and sweet with dried raspberry and more lemon lime soda.
Rating: 5
Overall
A solid raspberry eau-de-vie. Not amazing but well worth drinking. The taste is on the delicate side but the flavors and body are there. Recommend if you are in the same boat as me and this is the only commonly available raspberry brandy in your area.
1 | Disgusting | So bad I poured it out.
2 | Poor | I wouldn’t consume by choice.
3 | Bad | Multiple flaws.
4 | Sub-par | Not bad, but many things I’d rather have.
5 | Good | Good, just fine.
6 | Very Good | A cut above.
7 | Great | Well above average
8 | Excellent | Really quite exceptional.
9 | Incredible | An all time favorite
10 | Perfect | Perfect
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