Sanchez Romate's Cardenal Mendoza is a long-established Brandy de Jerez Solera Gran Reserva label widely distributed in Spain and export markets. The spirit is aged a minimum of twelve years in Romate's own Oloroso and Amontillado solera butts, producing a complex, mahogany-coloured spirit.
Address: Calle Lealas 26, 11403 Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, Jerez & Sherry
The Fundador brand, now under Beam Suntory, continues the Pedro Domecq brandy tradition from the historic Jerez cellar complex. Carlos I Solera Gran Reserva and the Centenario range represent the premium tier of the Fundador portfolio.
Tasting: Brandy and sherry combined tour including Fundador and Carlos I from EUR 16
Bodegas Tradicion produces a Brandy de Jerez Solera Gran Reserva aged in the same 30-year-minimum solera butts that contain its VORS sherries. The brandy production is small and sold primarily through the bodega shop and the tasting room visit.
Tasting: Brandy included as an optional addition to the standard VORS sherry visit; combined sherry and brandy vertical from EUR 55
Bobadilla produces the Gran Capitan and 103 ranges of Brandy de Jerez from its Jerez cellar, now part of the Beam Suntory portfolio alongside Fundador. The 103 Etiqueta Blanca is among the most widely sold brandy brands in Spain by volume.
Tasting: Available by prior arrangement for trade groups
The Pedro Domecq brand name lives on as a premium tier within the Beam Suntory Jerez portfolio, producing a Solera Gran Reserva aged in Pedro Domecq's historic sherry butt soleras. The 1730 expression commemorates the founding year of the Domecq dynasty in Jerez.
Tasting: Included in the Fundador premium tour; standalone Pedro Domecq session by arrangement
Valdespino produces a Brandy de Jerez Solera Gran Reserva from the historic Jerez bodega now operated by the Jose Estevez group. The spirit is aged in Valdespino's own Amontillado and Oloroso solera butts alongside the VORS sherry programme.
Tasting: Brandy included in the premium Valdespino tour; paired with VORS Amontillado or Oloroso on request
The Fundador brand, now under Beam Suntory, continues the Pedro Domecq brandy tradition from the historic Jerez cellar complex. Carlos I Solera Gran Reserva and the Centenario range represent the premium tier of the Fundador portfolio.
Tasting: Brandy and sherry combined tour including Fundador and Carlos I from EUR 16
Bodegas Tradicion produces a Brandy de Jerez Solera Gran Reserva aged in the same 30-year-minimum solera butts that contain its VORS sherries. The brandy production is small and sold primarily through the bodega shop and the tasting room visit.
Tasting: Brandy included as an optional addition to the standard VORS sherry visit; combined sherry and brandy vertical from EUR 55
Bobadilla produces the Gran Capitan and 103 ranges of Brandy de Jerez from its Jerez cellar, now part of the Beam Suntory portfolio alongside Fundador. The 103 Etiqueta Blanca is among the most widely sold brandy brands in Spain by volume.
Tasting: Available by prior arrangement for trade groups
Lustau produces a Brandy de Jerez Solera and Solera Gran Reserva from its Santiago quarter bodega, using the same oak infrastructure as the almacenista sherry operation. The Lustau Solera Gran Reserva is aged a minimum of fifteen years in Lustau's own Oloroso and Amontillado butts.
Tasting: Brandy tasting available as add-on to standard Lustau bodega tour from EUR 15
The Pedro Domecq brand name lives on as a premium tier within the Beam Suntory Jerez portfolio, producing a Solera Gran Reserva aged in Pedro Domecq's historic sherry butt soleras. The 1730 expression commemorates the founding year of the Domecq dynasty in Jerez.
Tasting: Included in the Fundador premium tour; standalone Pedro Domecq session by arrangement
Valdespino produces a Brandy de Jerez Solera Gran Reserva from the historic Jerez bodega now operated by the Jose Estevez group. The spirit is aged in Valdespino's own Amontillado and Oloroso solera butts alongside the VORS sherry programme.
Tasting: Brandy included in the premium Valdespino tour; paired with VORS Amontillado or Oloroso on request
