Cardenal Mendoza Carta Real is an elegant Brandy de Jerez with an average age of over twenty-five years, aged in barrels seasoned with old Oloroso. Cardenal Mendoza Carta Real: unique brandy with seductive, bright hues of old mahogany, it has an extremely elegant aroma of fine old oak with traces of raisin and prune, while on the palate it is beautifully rounded, smooth and lingering, the sort of exceptional characteristics one might expect from a brandy aged over such a long period.