Average Price
$33 (USD)
(Approx, ex-tax, all vintages)
Search Rank 1176
Over all vintages, this was the
1176th most popular wine on Wine-Searcher last year.
Search rank last month: 1548th
Brandy is the name used for a wide range of potable spirits, made mostly from grape wines but sometimes also from other fruits (for fruit brandies see Eaux-de-Vie). The name brandy is a shortened form of brandywine, which an anglicized form of Dutch brandewijn, which means 'burnt wine'.
This is precisely what brandy is. To make brandy, wine is heated in a still until it separates into its components, which evaporate at various points on the temperature scale. The more volatile the component, the lower the temperature at which it evaporates, leaving behind the impurities and heavier compounds. This is the process used to turn wine into brandy.
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Cognac
Cognac is the appellation title for wine-based eau-de-vie (brandy) from the Charentais – a large area of western France situated between Bordeaux to the south and the Loire Valley to the north. It takes its name from the historic town of Cognac, the long-standing epicenter of local brandy production. The full, official name for Cognac is 'Eau-de-Vie de Cognac' or 'Eau-de-Vie des Charentes', but the shorter version has become so widely used that these longer versions are almost never seen on labels.
Although not particularly well known, the Charentais is one of France's largest vineyard areas. Its is composed of two constituent departements – namely the two C ... more
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France
France is arguably the world's most important wine-producing country. For centuries, it has produced wine in greater quantity – and of reportedly greater quality – than any other nation. Wine is ingrained in French culture at almost every level of society; it is the drink of both the elite and the common people, and a key symbol in Roman Catholicism, France's majority religion.
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