"In general, there is a growing tendency to opt for things closer, more natural and more zero kilometer".
This is how
Valentín González
, director of the
Singular
distillate family company,
conceives
of
new forms of consumption.
With a return to the interest in the local product and the quality and care of the ingredients, the businessman bets on the artisan in the elaboration of his alcoholic beverages, offering
his own vodka, gin and whiskey
, unique in each bottling.
Through this
Madrid project
, which took its first steps in 2016 with the stamp of
handmade
, Valentín and his team pay tribute to Madrid by ensuring a perfect distillation in small batches and acting as
ambassadors for the city
beyond its borders. Spanish.
"Curiously,
we sell more in countries like Denmark, Sweden or Germany
, which are more willing to consume artisan products and pay more," says Valentín as he walks among the drums of Dstila, the distillery house that gives up its San Blas facilities to production. by Singular.
Despite the fact that its name has Russian origin,
RIP vodka
ensures a pure distillation using the Tempranillo grape, originally from Spain.
"
We give it nuances by dedicating eight hours a day to distilling it and working it in copper
, which gives it the smoothness and smoothness that stainless steel does not give it," explains the businessman to this newspaper while pointing to an alembic almost two meters high.
The drinks manufactured by Singular.BERNARDO DÍAZ
For him, a good vodka is "one that feels good the next day, smells and tastes good and doesn't sting".
The director points out that his drink is not filtered and therefore maintains the flavor of raisins and spices.
"It is a wine raw material, of very slow distillation and only from the heart, since we eliminate the initial part of the distillate and the final part (called heads and tails).
It is a vodka without filters, like Madrid
", he adds.
Good content and ... continent
By linking stories to each of its drinks, this family business not only cares about content, but also focuses on taking
care of the labels
. In the case of RIP, a tribute to Madrid as a "city of welcome and life in the streets", its sticker represents a guitarist skeleton taken from the
mosaic of one of the most emblematic bars in the capital: Los Gabrieles
.
Valentín confesses that he is a "geek of curiosities" and therefore applies his knowledge to the creation of his alcohol: "Martín Sessé y Lacasta was a doctor and botanist commanded by Carlos III and the Madrid Botanical Garden who made expeditions to the Americas to catalog plants with possible medicinal use. It brought thousands of new species to Spain and laid the foundations for European botany.
Gin has its share of botany
, and I am proud to be able to make it under this name. "
Thus was born Martín Sessé, an English-style gin,
one shot
, which consists of the maceration of juniper and the other botanicals in neutral alcohol and water, without flavoring and
making a single distillation for each batch that is produced
.
The latest addition to the Singular liquor brand is
Metrópoli
, a whiskey that could fit in the
Peaky Blinders
bar
due to its strong barrel maturation color and its woody influence on the palate.
Born in October 2021, its label honors the statue of the winged Victory that crowns the mythical Madrid building.
The director estimates that its
production
reaches 12,000 bottles of Martín Sessé gin - distilled twice a month - and about 6,000 of RIP vodka a year.
As it is a careful preparation in each of its processes -
awarded
for it on several occasions - and, therefore, on a small scale, Singular drinks can only be found in the
gourmet
sections
of large supermarkets, although they are beginning to start their distribution. in selected Madrid venues.
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