\u201cAll XO grade Cape Brandy must be matured in oak barrels for at least 10 years,\u201d he explains. \u201dThe brandy used in the Oude Molen XO is between 10 and 16 years old, making it an exceptional example of the XO grading,\u201d he says. \u201cTo put it into perspective, the French Cognac equivalent for XO is 6 years minimum, which puts our XO at the top of the grading for a Cognac-style brandy.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n He adds: \u201cWe are proud to present this award-winning Cape Brandy to South Africa and recognition needs to be given to our team who are involved from beginning to end; Eddy Beukes, Distillery manager and the blending team comprising Andy Neil and Lara Patrick headed by Kobus Gelderblom.\u201d<\/p>\n Oude Molen XO will be available on shelves nationwide from the end of July at a cost of R800 a bottle. The Taste<\/b><\/p>\n Coconut and tropical fruit entice the nose, with hints of litchi and banana. These open up to a deep fruit palate with peach and apricot undertones. Subtle oak lingers on the swallow, with coconut and a long lasting finish.<\/p>\n The Perfect Pairing<\/b><\/p>\n A world famous and truly decadent French cheese like Camembert enhances the smooth finish of the XO Cape Brandy. The luxuriously soft mouth feel of the cheese, magically enhances the smooth finish of the XO Cape Brandy. The brandy in return unlocks flavours of nuts and spices.<\/p>\n oudemolen.co.za<\/a> | Facebook<\/a> | Twitter<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Oude Molen, one of South Africa\u2019s oldest brandy distilleries has unveiled its new award-winning handcrafted premium Cape Brandy, which recently won Gold at the 2016 Global Spirits Masters. According to Andre Simonis, Managing Director at the Oude Molen distillery, the new Oude Molen XO sets the bar for refined, elegant and opulent Cape Brandy. \u201cWe still produce our brandy according to the age-old French traditions, adopted by Dutch born distiller, Ren\u00e9 Santhagens in 1910,\u201d he says. \u201cThese centuries-old techniques combined […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4098],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"acf":[],"brand_slug":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28561\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Oude-Molen-Brandy\"](\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Oude-Molen-Brandy-1000x6000.jpg\")
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