Description

The Leblon distillery, Maison Leblon, is located in Patos de Minas, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Leblon is an artisanal distillery where the cachaça is single-distilled from the juice of fresh-pressed sugar cane in small batches using alambique copper pot stills. The cane grows in high altitude micro-climate and is renowned for its taste and flavor. The cane is pressed within 3 hours of harvesting to guarantee freshness. Each single batch of Leblon is lightly rested in XO cognac casks for an average of 6 months and the batches are then blended to create our unique complexity and consistency: the award-winning taste of Leblon. From the fields to the bottle, care is taken throughout the process to ensure quality at each step. Each step of the process is overseen by Master Distiller Gilles Merlet, a famous master distiller from the Cognac Region of France. The following are the high points of our production method: -Temperature controlled fermentation using proprietary yeasts -Fermentation duration: approximately 18 hours -Only the "heart of the heart" of the distillation is taken (from 42-45 degrees ABV) -Triple filtered according to proprietary French cognac techniques -Bottled in Brazil and France in luxurious cosmetic glass bottle