Defining Cognac

This is a pretty dense video where I talk about the legal definition of Cognac. Cognac is a spirit distilled from wine, where that wine is sourced from a particular region of France. The three basic age statements of bottled Cognac; VS or Very Special is two years in cask, VSOP or Very Special Old Pale with four years in cask and XO or Extra Old at six years of cask aging. The Fine Champagne class of Cognac has fifty-one percent of its wine sourced from Grand Champagne, a subregion exclusively for the production of Cognac to the northwest of Bordeaux, the remainder must be sourced from the surrounding Petite Champagne. Brandy is spirits produced from wine that is not from the Cognac region of France.


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