What is a champagne cognac?
Champagne Cognac is a type of brandy made of grapes. Like other types of cognac, it is produced by the process of double distillation from white grapes grown in the Cognac region in Western France. Champagne Cognac refers specifically to Grande Champagne or Petite Champagne, two of the six Zones of the Cognac region. It is usually considered the best form of cognac due to the quality of the soil in these areas. It is not related to the French sparkling wine called Champagne, which is produced in the area of champagne northeast France.
The soil of the cognac area is very chalk and higher levels of chalk in the soil tend to produce better grapes for distillation to brandy. The soil in the Grande Champagne area has the highest chalk levels, followed by small champagne. Thus, the best cognacs are usually made of grapes grown in these areas, especially from the first.
These grapes are harvested, pressed and fermented. This results in a wine tendency to be suitable for drinking in itself, but very good for des desTilaci. After a few weeks of fermentation, this wine is distilled twice in a specially shaped copper. This process is created by a distilled spirit called eau-de-vie, , which is about 70 percent alcohol. In order for brandy to be called champagne horses, at least 90 percent of it must come from eaux-de-vie made of Columbard, Ugni Blanc (also commonly called Trebbiano) or Folle Blanche Grapes, with some other white grapes.
Every eau-de-vie is an aging barrel for at least two years, although most cognacs are older and some fine cognacs have been aging for decades. Wood used in barrels is an important influence on the taste of the final product. Several different at the age of eaux-de-vie , each with its own characteristics, then cautious with mixing with the creation of the final product. These eaux-de-vie are usually different ages and inSome cases come from different areas, with age dated according to the age of his youngest word.
brandy produced as a result is called Grand Champagne or Petite Champagne Cognac. The mixture made with grapes from both regions is referred to as a fine champagne horse, provided at least 50 percent of its constituent eaux-de-vie volume is from Grand Champagne. Like wine and whiskey, Cognac ripens with age for chemical processes that occur in storage storage, so older cognacs tend to be better. The process of ripening the liqueur stops as soon as it is removed from its barrel and the package, so the age of the cognac refers to the amount of time that spent maturation rather than the year of origin.