Carmel 100: Carmel Winery relaunches ‘Best Brandy Worldwide’

Posted on September 29, 2008

Carmel Winery has just announced the launch of its award-winning premium brandy, the Carmel 100. This quality Israeli brandy was aged for at least eight years in oak barrels. This new release of the Carmel 100 brandy is in honor of the hundredth anniversary of Carmel Winery.

Brandy Carmel 100 is made with Columbard (70%) with the addition of Chenin Blanc and Emerald Riesling. Most of the brandy (75%) was produced with double distillation (pot still) as is common in the Cognac region. A quarter of the blend was distilled in a continuous still. The brandy was aged in the historic Carmel Winery in Rishon L’Tzion in French oaks that were previously used to age wine. The youngest components were aged for eight years and the oldest components were aged for twenty five years.

It sells in Israel for 215 NIS and the master distiller was Mendel Gil. Gil was born in Moldova and has a doctoral degree in wine making from Odessa. He has significant knowledge in brandy making from Crimea. He was also responsible for the Israeli Wine Institute and works at Carmel Winery on their brandy and dessert wines.

I had the opportunity to have a little sniff of this brandy several months ago and, while I am not very knowledgeable about brandy, it seemed enjoyable.

Carmel Winery has been continuously making brandy since 1898. The distillation tower at the Rishon L’Tzion winery has been in continuous use since it was built in 1930. As I mentioned above, the new release of Carmel 100 is in honor of the 100th anniversary of Carmel Winery. In 1998, the Brandy 100 won “Best Brandy Worldwide” at the prestigious international competition of the IWSC in London. In recent years, Carmel Winery has been focused on making quality wines but continues their tradition of making small quantities of quality brandy.

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  1. William Brownstein on November 14th, 2008 02:14

    please let me know where I can buy this in the USA. Thank you.

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