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Badel Hrvatska Stara Sljivovica Plum Brandy -

Croatia

Community Score: 4.4/5
Community Reviews: 5

Price: $21.20

Sweetness: Dry
Alcohol: 40%

Drink: 2020-2030

Bottle size: 500 ml
Winery: Badel

Molly Amoli Shinhat reviewed this wine as follows:

A classic Croatian spirit, Badel Sljivovica Plum Brandy pours a very pale gold. Swirling round the glass, on the nose it gives a heady mix of menthol, plum, vanilla, and cedar. On the palate, big plum notes with hints of lemon and clove-spiked orange, combine with the spicy notes from ageing. Traditional to the region, this high quality rakija is made with Bistrica plums and distilled and aged in Slavonian oak barrels.

Serve chilled as an aperitif or after supper with prunes or nuts.

For a fruity, spicy after supper cocktail, try my "Lockdown Crown" cocktail in an old fashioned glass. One shot of plum brandy, 1/3 shot of Tawny Port. (Use whatever you have on hand. I used Ferreira's Dona Antonia Reserva Tawny Port.) Stir. Garnish with a blood orange wedge. The port takes the edge off the brandy, and its plum and fruit notes marry beautifully with the brandy's flavours and aromas. Perfect on a cool fall evening with a cat in your lap or a dog snoozing nearby, and a murder mystery.

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