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Half-Bottle of Clear Creek Blue Plum Brandy

Name: Clear Creek Blue Plum Brandy
Brand: Clear Creek
SKU: 22752
Price: 29.96 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Item # 22752 375mL

Blue Plum Brandy, known as Slivovitz in much of Eastern Europe, in France as Quetsch and in Germany as Zwetschgenwasser, is pot distilled from a pure fermented mash of Italian Blue plums grown in Oregon.

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ABV

40.00%

Country

USA

Region

Oregon

Producer

Clear Creek

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Staff Pick Notes

Clear Creek is one of the great names in American spirits. They were at the forefront of the craft distillation movement 20 years, before hipsters in Brooklyn started making white dog whiskey at $40 a bottle. The Blue Plum brandy is their take on the classic, old-world Slivovitz. It is supremely aromatic and has a soft, oily texture that coats your palate. It is also deceptively complex. The fruit is there on the nose, but the palate is a little savory, ethereal. It is reticent at first, but reveals itself with time in glass and a willingness to explore. Prost!

- EG

Glossary

Oregon

The largest wine region in Oregon is the Willamette Valley, lying between the cities of Portland and Eugene and home to most of Oregon’s wineries. As it does not have one homogeneous climate, it has been broken up into several different AVAs. In the best of them, the perfect amounts of wind, rain, sun exposure, and altitude combine to give Pinot Noir the warm days and cool nights it needs in order to thrive. Combine that with good drainage and poor soils, and you’ve got the perfect environment...