What is brandy?
Brandy is a spirit distilled from wine (A fermented mash of grapes). Brandy is a Dutch word that means ‘burnt wine’. There are types of brandies in Nepal from other fruits as well such as peach, apple Brandy, Apricot Brandy, Cherry Brandy, etc. Fruit Brandies are popular as mixed drinks and cocktails.
How does brandy make?
Brandy is aged in casks for more than two years. Fruit Brandies are made in different wine regions. There are varieties of Brandies we found according to the soil, climate, quality of fruit, and production methods, it depends on quality. The Lightest accolade and guarantee of quality Brandies are Cognac and Armagnac.
Cognac is a special doss of Brandy that is produced in Cognac in France. A cognac is a place to France (Area, after 1909 as defined as cognac area. It had discovered in the seventeenth century. It is obtained from Pots tills. All Brandies are not cognac but all cognac is Brandy.
In order of top quality (Cognac) production, there are seven well-known districts mentioned below:
a) La Granda champagne
b) La Pepite Champagne
c) Les Borderies
d) Les Fins Bois
e) Les Bons Bois
f) Les Bois ordinaries
g) Bois Commyms
Martell, Remy Martin, Hennessey, Courvoisier, Camus, Otard, Hines etc are the some popular brands of cognac ard.
In 1860 the cognac region was geographically divided into six sub-regions by French
geologist which are given below:
a) Grande champagne
b) Petite Champagne
c) Bon Bois
d) Bor deries
e) Fins Bois
f) Bois Ordinaries
What is cognac?
Cognac is distilled from Coined which is made from three major grape varieties which are given below:
I. Colombard
II. Vgni Blanc
III. folle Blanche (It is locally known asst. Emillion)
Here regarding the production of the base wines state that wines must be made without the addition of sugar to ferment must. The final distillate must not exceed 7% ethyl alcohol by volume. There are two-stage of the distillation process in cognac production-which are-premiere and Bonne chauffe.
What is Cognac Ageing Process?
Cognac is a pot still spirits and is requires time in oak to mature. Aging in a barrel depends on the type, size, and state of the oak used for the barrels soared location during maturation and the quality and character of the cognac.
Cognac is blended from different vintages and is always blended three times.
Labeling terms used in cognac are given below:
What is Armagnac?
Armagnac is the world’s oldest brandy. It has been distilled in Gas Cory. It is located 80 miles south of cognac. The production methods of brandies of France different taste which are given below:
1) Grape varieties and viticulture practice
2) Ageing process
3) Soil and Sub-regions
4) Verification and distillation.
5) Blending
6) Labeling terms.
Here are the Popular Brands of Armagnac:
1) Banneay.
2) Chabot
3) Marquisde montesquior
4) Chabot
5) Samalens
6) Sempe etc.
What is Calvados?
Calvados is a brandy obtained from fermented apple juice cider. The production and quality of brandy are subject to conditions that cover the solo distillation, period of aging. There are four stages in the making of calvados.
Brandy
1) Fruit sauce fermentation (cider) (4, 1, are bulvolur )
2) Distillation 970% all by
3) Ageing 912-14 c) 24rs above
4) Blending
5) It blends eight to 25-year-old apple brandies casks and most are blends four to ten-year-old spirits extra nepo leon, hors d Age, our most popular collides brandies.
Some Fruits spirits based Brandy in Nepal are:
a) Raspberries- framboise
b) Juniper berries- Genvier
c) Cherries- Kirsch
d) Blue plums- Questch
e) Holly berries – Houx
f) Apricots- Brak palinka
g) Strawberries- fraise
h) Bilberries- myrtille
i) YellowMirabelle plums- mixbelle
j) Williams pear- Poire Williams
Serving brandies brandy is best served at room temperature using a brandy balloon glass sometimes it is best served at caromed by using flambé or by holding the balloon glass in the plum. Warmed brandy gives aroma and encourages it to release its more volatile elements of bouquet it drinks/serves neat.
