When we reflect on our beginnings, we always think of the oldest barrel in our family treasury and the brandy it held. To avoid assumptions, we sent samples of our oldest brandies to the Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre (SUERC) in Scotland. Through radiocarbon dating, their age was confirmed. These brandies are our EMPERUS Relics.
, in the mid-20th
century. Without an exact production date, we sent a sample to the SUERC laboratory, which certified
it was produced between 1935 and 1960. It’s believed this plum brandy is a blend of several
distillates, made shortly before and after World War II. Our treasury holds just 21 bottles.
harvested fruits from his new orchards, filled with native plum
varieties, to craft a brandy we now proudly hold with a SUERC radiocarbon certification.
We carefully
preserve 37 bottles of this cherished legacy.In addition to the two EMPERUS Relics, we hold other precious distillates from the latter half of the 20th century. With great care, we have removed these distillates from their original barrels, filtered and bottled them, preserving them for generations to come. Our archive includes distillates from 1960 (42 bottles), 1966 (36 bottles), 1968 (32 bottles), 1972 (51 bottles), 1973 (26 bottles), 1977 (30 bottles), 1978 (32 bottles), 1982 (48 bottles), and 1985 (24 bottles).
All our archive brandies are safeguarded within the EMPERUS Treasury, alongside the brandies and barrels of the EMPERUS Keepers.
it was produced
in 1992 and 1993. There are a total of 954 bottles, each individually numbered and marked
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