ʻAʻole lilo nā hua waina a pau i waina

Ua noʻonoʻo paha ʻoe i kahi ala ʻē aʻe no nā hua waina; kahi e alakaʻi ai i kahi mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka waina? Mākaukau ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole pau ka waina i ka waina, a ke hoʻomau nei kekahi mau waina i kā lākou huakaʻi hana e lilo i brandy… ʻO Cognac?

Hoʻokahi wale nō Cognac

ʻOiai ʻo Cognac kahi ʻāpana o ka ʻohana brandy, aia kona moʻopuna ponoʻī. Hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā hiʻohiʻona ʻokoʻa ma nā māla waina o ke kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi Farani e hāʻawi i kona inoa i kēia mea inu kaulana: Cognac!

Aia ʻo Cognac ma nā wahi o Charente a me Charente-Maritime kahi e hoʻomalu ʻia ai ka hana ʻana e ka French appellation DOC ma hope o ke kaʻina hana a me ka hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻana i kauoha ʻia e ke kānāwai. ʻO Ugni blanc (aka Saint-Emilion a me Trebbiano) ka huawaina kikoʻī a koʻikoʻi i hoʻohana ʻia no ka hana ʻana i ka Cognac, a ʻo ka liʻiliʻi he 90 pakeneka o nā hua waina i hoʻohana ʻia e pono ke ulu ʻia ma Cognac, inā e hoʻopili ʻia ka brand Cognac i ka huahana; akā naʻe, hiki i ka 10 pakeneka mai nā hua waina ʻē aʻe e like me Folignan, Jurancon blanc, Meslier St. Francois (a i ʻole Blanc Rame), koho Montils a i ʻole Semillon (inā ʻo ia ka CRU).

I mea e noʻonoʻo ʻia ai ʻo Cognac, pono e hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ka brandy i ʻelua mau manawa i loko o nā ipu keleawe a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o 2 mau makahiki ma nā pahu ʻoka Farani mai Limousin a i ʻole Troncais. E oʻo ana ka Cognac ma ke ʻano like me nā whiskey a me nā waina ʻoiai ʻo Cognacs e hoʻolōʻihi i ka manawa lōʻihi "ma ka lāʻau" - ma mua o nā koi kānāwai liʻiliʻi. Ma hope o ka distillation a i ka wā o ka wā ʻelemakule, ʻike ʻia ʻo ia ʻo eau de vie.dor, kahi ʻāpana o ka Spanish Armada (ua hāʻule i ke kahakai o Normandy i ke kenekulia 16). E heluhelu i ka ʻatikala piha ma WINES.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

The specific and dominant grape used to make Cognac is Ugni blanc (aka Saint-Emilion and Trebbiano) and at least 90 percent of the grapes used must be grown in Cognac, if the Cognac brand is going to be affixed to the product.
Cognac is located in the areas of Charente and Charente-Maritime where production is controlled by the French appellation DOC following a process and labeling requirements that are mandated by law.
To be considered Cognac, the brandy must be distilled twice in copper pot stills and aged a minimum of 2-years in French oak barrels from Limousin or Troncais.