Metaxa 12 Stars Brandy

My go to brandy in this price range. I have been a fan for many years, long may it continue.

One of my favourite brandies,happy memories of business trips to Athens.

Have loved Metaxa for years - smooth, warming and excellent for soothing a ticklish throat (cough! cough!). A shot glass full as an aperitif or a digestif goes down a treat.

Overall my favourite brandy,reminds me of happy times in Athens.

Fabulous tasting brandy, quality and taste is excellent. Well worth the money.

Smooth and delightfully flavoursome. Distinctive. Not astringent.
Not vaporous. Not sweet. I wish I had discovered it years ago.

I have just discovered this and wish somebody had put me onto it years ago. It is similar to Spanish brandy in many ways, but smoother, more complicated and more interesting. Anyone who likes brandy should give this a try.

This is my go to brandy, it's refined excellence in a glass. It's fallen drastically in price the last few years, so in my view it's incredibly cheap given the quality. This is a brandy never to be mixed, it's far too good to drown out any of it's excellence with a mixer or god forbid a cocktail! A single bolder ice cube is sufficient, allow it to stand in order to chill slightly. Always store somewhere lower than room temperature where possible. It's totally a winter drink/winter warmer, although it's one of my favourite tipples I wouldn't want it in the summer. The only way I can explain the notes is rich, indulgent, deep, dark chocolate in the mouth but after as you breath in and feel it's warmth you can smell a heady perfume. It's super smooth and far too easy to drink. Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without this one, once you've brought a bottle it will become your tradition! Superior to all other leading Brandy's but sadly undiscovered by the masses.

Top notch.

More floral than I would have typically gone for, not bad in its own right, although not something I could drink too regularly, and not one I'll be purchasing again in place of Brandy.