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• The world offers us so many drinks and spirits. Sometimes it is difficult to decide what cognac is the best and what the favourite one is. But when you taste the cognac it will probably turn into your favourite one and if not the favourite then into one of the favourite.
• Cognac is aroma spirits of the golden and yellow colours or of the bright brown colour that is made of the cognac alcohol got in the result of double sublimation of white grapes wines with the further ripening in oak woods.
• If you ask what is the difference between brandy and cognac it is easy to answer it. The difference is the territory where the drink is produced. The spirits produced in Cognac region in France is called cognac. And the rest of the world companies that use the same manufacturing technique make brandy and not cognac.
• There are a lot of traditions connected with cognac drinking. But it is not necessary to turn the cognac drinking into the problem. First of all it is necessary to like the taste of cognac and to enjoy it. After all it is the main purpose of cognac.
• The healing effect of cognac was proven on practice. Doctors say that cognac is good for health and its taking won’t be harmful for the person’s health.

Cognac ripening

Cognac production consists of several stages. As every spirits done of the grapes it passes through the stage of ripening. This stage is one of the most important as during this period the bouquet is formed that adds the unique aroma and taste to the cognac.

The cognac spirits is kept in oak woods that are made of trees from the forests in Limousin, Troncais, etc. It is connected with unique qualities of trees in these forests. It has the ideal porosity and durability.

There are a lot of special requirements to woods. They must be durable and porous and contain the certain amount of tannin that is necessary for the cognac bouquet formation. The woods are made of the old oaks.

The oldest cognacs are kept in the dark basement that is called the Paradise room. This room is usually separated from the rest of the rooms. When the cognac reaches its age the master of the basement decides to stop the ripening process and puts it at first into the oldest oak woods and then into the bottles in which the cognac may spend years without further development and without the contact with air. During the time the cognac passes in oak woods, it gets the best qualities of the oak developing its best tastes and aromas. It has the contact with the air regularly and gradually looses a little amount of cognac spirits. This part is called the part of angels.