Metaxa
Metaxa***** är en gulbrun, druvig och kryddig brandy med toner av vanilj, vitpeppar och läder. Detta ekfatslagrade vin kryddat med rosenblad och örter har en lätt bitterhet som blandas med söta toner och en behaglig touch av apelsinskal, ek och en lång nötighet. Den ingående brandyn har mognat i fem år på sina ekfat.
Redan de gamla grekerna gjorde Metaxa, åtminstone om man med gammal menar affärsmannen och entreprenören Spyros Metaxa som 1888 var den första i Grekland som började destillera brandy. För att få sin sprit mer harmonisk kom han på att blanda den med vin och örter. Tack vare vetgirighet och smakfull nyfikenhet gjorde han i och med detta familjen Metaxas namn odödligt.
Det var i Pireus, i Atens hamnkvarter, som Spyrus Metaxa och hans bröder började experimentera med att utveckla en helt ny spritsort. Snart spred sig ryktet om bröderna Metaxa bland 1800-talets mondäna atenare och det nya grekiska vindestillatet fick ett stort genomslag. 100 år senare har Metaxa vuxit sig djupt in i den grekiska folksjälen. Metaxa och Grekland är lika oskiljaktiga som oliver och fetaost.
Metaxa tillverkas i en unik process på precis samma sätt i dag som för 125 år sedan. I huvudsak används de fyra druvsorterna black corinth, rhoditis, savatiano, och sultanina. Vinet från dessa druvor odlas i olika delar av Grekland och Turkiet. Det destilleras till brandy och lagras sedan på limousine-ek i upp till 15 år, ibland ännu längre. Efter lagringen blandas brandyn med ekfatslagrat sött muscatvin från öarna Samos eller Limnos. Dessutom med stora mängder rosenblad som fått dra i vatten, och kryddor enligt ett topphemligt familjerecept. Slutligen balanseras Metaxan med olagrat muskatvin.
Metaxa blev snart modedrycken i det mondäna Aten och ryktet om den rara drycken började spridas över världen. När den första fabriken byggdes hittades ett gammalt antikt mynt med ett präglat grekiskt krigsskepp, den bilden pryder numera Metaxas etikett.
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