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A kind of French brandy, so called from the town of Cognac.
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a high quality brandy named for a region in France.
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The city was the centre of early trading in cognac, and gave the new brandy its name.
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A brandy distilled from white wine and produced in the vicinity of Cognac.
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high quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France
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Brandy made in the Cognac region of France to certain specifications.
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The 'groot krokodil' of all brandies, produced in Congac, to the North of Bordeaux.
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Dry spirit distilled from wine and, strictly speaking, produced in the Cognac region of France. Other good-quality dry wine-based brandies may be substituted.
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( cone-yack) is brandy distilled from wine in the Cognac region of France. Thus, all cognac is brandy but not all brandy is cognac.
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A type of brandy that is produced only in the Cognac region of western France and is universally recognized as the finest and most elegant liqueur in the world. Not a drop of any other wine or brandy is ever allowed to enter a bottle of Cognac. The Cognac region is divided into six districts, with the Cognac of Grand Champagne considered the best. Cognac is coded on the label by the following letters: V (very), S (superior), O (old), P (pale), E (extra or especial), F (fine), X (extra). French law states that Cognac with 3 stars be aged at least 1Â1/2 years old to be rated VS & 4 years to be rated VSOP (althought 7-10 years is pretty common). By french law the words Extra, Napolean, Reserve and Vieille may not appear on the label unless the cognac has been aged at least 5Â1/2 years.
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Brandy From the region of Cognac,France distilled from grapes grown in Charente district
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the world's best-known and most highly regarded brandy. Distilled from grapes, true Cognac originates only in the Cognac region of west-central France.
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High-quality brandy-producing area of France.
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The finest of all Brandies aged in oak vats for a minimum of 3 years.
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A premium brandy produced only in a 150,000 acre area surrounding the city of Cognac in southwest France.
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A fine brandy from the Cognac region of France. Various grades, such as VSOP and XO indicate how long the product as aged.
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A type of brandy produced only in the Cognac region of France. Suberb brandy of France, made only from grapes grown in the cognac region of France
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A brandy from the specifically delimited region of Cognac in France. Cognac is always blended, double distilled and oak aged. VS is aged a minimum of 3 years; VSOP, VO, and Reserve are aged a minimum of 41/2 years; Vielle Reserve, Extra, and Napolean are aged a minimum of 61/2 years; XO, Antique, and Centaur are a category of old blends with no legal minimum but with an average of over 30 years. Serve cognac in a large-bowled snifter after dinner.
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French Brandy that is only produced in the Cognac region of France.
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Cognac, named after the town of Cognac in France, is a brandy, which is produced in the region surrounding the town. It must be made from at least 90% Ugni Blanc, Folle Blanche, or Colombard grapes. The rest of the cognac can consist of ten selected grapes.
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