Grape Brandy – Grape brandy is of course produced from fermented grape. There are some grape brandy that you should know as follow:
o Armagnac – Armagnac is made from grape from Armagnac region southwest of France. Armagnac is one time distilled spirit distills from base white wine in a copper column still and aged in wooden barrel from Gascony area in France. Armagnac is always produced in small quantity. This is the reason why Armagnac has vintage on the bottle. The production of Armagnac uses 10 grape varieties according to the rule & regulation of Armagnac production. There are 3 main grape varieties: Ugni-Blanc or local name is Saint Emilion (offer acidity and low in alcohol), Folle Blanche (offers floral character), Baco 22A (offers ripe fruits after long aging), and Colombard. Aging Armagnac is normally uses wooden barrel. Wooden barrel for Armagnac uses wood from forest in Gascony area. Each barrel has approximately not over 400 liters per barrel. The youngest Armagnac is normally aged in wooden barrel for minimum 10