The King of the Brandies.
It’s loved and was loved by royalty, statesmen, dictators, people with acquired taste… and rappers!
So, what makes Cognac a drink that is worthy of kings?
It all begins begins with specially selected Ugni Blanc grapes that grow on chalky and fertile land in the middle of France. To be precise they have to be cultivated in a certain area that goes by name Cognac. The wine itself is very acidic, dry and almost undrinkable but as winemakers and farmers discovered many centuries ago, this wine is ideal for distilling and ageing. And ageing is one of the attribute that makes Cognac better and better with each year gone by…
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