Very Special is a really good Cognac grade.Īhm, no – not quite. Read more about the age in our section about What is Cognac?Ħ. Those in the know would realize such a blatant marketing ploy when tasting. However, in reality, this doesn’t often happen, because it would lead to a lowering of the reputation of the producer/Cognac house. So, one could create a blend with a little tiny drop of really really old XO (let’ say 30 years old) and fill the rest of with ‘just’ six-year-old Cognac – and you could call the bottle an “XO with eaux-de-vie up to 30 years old”. What you need to understand is that to qualify as an XO quality, the youngest eaux-de-vie in a blend must be at least six years old. In one way this is true, but not necessarily. OK, more complicated explanations (sorry). But this should only be done at the beginning of the aging process, not usually at the end. The addition of caramel can also make the Cognac sweeter. This happens because the wooden barrel in which a Cognac is aged influences the color of the spirit within – the longer it’s in there, the darker it becomes. This is done because, in general, the darker the color, the older and more mature the Cognac. This can be done by the addition of caramel to make the color darker. Now, pay attention here, because it gets a little technical! Sometimes the producer of a Cognac can manipulate the process in which its made. It must be a brandy aged for a long time. The Cognac is really dark and tastes slightly sweet. What is true, however, is that Cognac is a brandy. This means that there can’t be Cognac from Russia, the USA, Japan, or anywhere else in the world. Only brandy produced in the region around the town of Cognac, and adhering to strict rules in its creation, is allowed to bear the name. Sometimes people write Coniak, Coniac or even Conyak… That’s just not right!Įrrr, no you don’t! Because the name, Cognac, is strictly a protected trademark. It’s called Cognac, named after the town in the vineyard region of Charente in Southwest France. It’s a Cognac brand, and spelled without an “e” before the “y”.Ģ. Here is a list of the TOP 10 misunderstandings regarding the most famous of all brandies, Cognac:įirst of all, Hennessy is French and should not be confused with American products. So we at Cognac Expert are going to do our bit in helping to set the record straight. And in the world of Cognac where it’s sometimes hard to understand the somewhat confusing terminology, that’s fine.
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