R. Jelinek Slivovitz Plum Brandy 5 year 750 ml

R. Jelinek Slivovitz is a plum brandy from Rudolf Jelinek, a distillery in Vizovice in the Moravia region of the Czech Republic that has been making slivovitz since the 1880s, and this bottling is aged five years in oak before release. Double-distilled from ripe plums, it carries the fruit's stone-fruit character up front — plum skin, a touch of almond from the pits, dried fruit — with the oak time adding warmth and a rounder body than younger, clear slivovitz typically has. Bottled at 100 proof, it drinks hot and concentrated rather than soft. A traditional Central European after-dinner sipper, and a natural fit for anyone who already drinks grappa or other fruit brandies neat.

How to drink R. Jelinek Slivovitz 5 Year

Serve neat in a small glass at room temperature, the way it's traditionally drunk across Central Europe as a digestif. A short pour after a heavy meal does more for it than ice, which mutes the plum and almond notes.

Brandy100.0 proof