Facts about metaxa

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   Bottles of Metaxa are sealed with a distinctive wax cap that features the Greek flag and the producer's insignia, a tradition maintained since the brand's inception in the late nineteenth century.

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   The Metaxa distillery in Athens produces approximately 20 million bottles annually, making it one of the world's best-selling spirits brands outside major liquor categories.

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   Metaxa's production process involves aging the spirit in a cascade of wooden barrels of different sizes and origins, allowing the liquid to gradually blend and mature across multiple vessels before bottling.

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   Metaxa's alcohol content ranges from 38 to 46 percent ABV depending on the expression, with the Private Reserve variant aged for a minimum of thirty years in oak barrels.

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   Greece's national drink Metaxa is typically served as an aperitif or digestif at room temperature, sometimes chilled or over ice, rather than mixed into cocktails like most spirits.

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   Metaxa's distinctive bottle features a star on its label, representing the quality classification system where three stars indicate the youngest expression aged for minimum three years in oak.

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   Founded in 1888 by Spyros Metaxa, this Greek spirit blends wine with brandy and thirty different herbs and spices.

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