COGNAC
Cognac is a French alcohol, produced in Charentes on mainly limestone soils, made almost exclusively from the Ugni Blanc grape variety and coming from a double distillation.
There are six appellations of Cognac:
- Grande Champagne is the most famous, in the heart of the Charente, with very fine eaux-de-vie.
- La Petite Champagne follows, second in quality, and is located in the departments of Charente and Charente-Maritime.
- Fine Champagne is an appellation that allows the blending of eaux-de-vie from Petite Champagne and Grande Champagne, with at least 50% of the latter.
- Les Borderies is a small production area offering cognacs with faster maturation.
- Les Fins Bois accounts for about 2/5 of Cognac production and is located on the periphery of the top three.
- Les Bons Bois is an area further away from Cognac, offering entry-level cognacs.
- Les Bois Ordinaire comes from a vast wine-growing area where only 3500 hectares are devoted to Cognac, between Charente, Charente-Maritime, Les Deux-Sèvres and the Dordogne.
It is world-famous, exported from the port of La Rochelle since the end of the 18th century, first to Europe, to the Netherlands and Great Britain, with a very rapid development from 1860, then to the United States and more recently to Asia.
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