Place:Cognac, Charente, France

Watchers
  • no watchers
Larger map


NameCognac
Alt namesCompniacumsource: Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 193; Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 275
Cougnacsource: ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
TypeCommune
Coordinates45.7°N 0.317°W
Located inCharente, France
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Cognac (also) is a variety of brandy named after the commune of Cognac, France. It is produced in the surrounding wine-growing region in the departments of Charente and Charente-Maritime.

Cognac production falls under French appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) designation, with production methods and naming required to meet certain legal requirements. Among the specified grapes, Ugni blanc, known locally as Saint-Émilion, is most widely used. The brandy must be twice distilled in copper pot stills and aged at least two years in French oak barrels from Limousin or Tronçais. Cognac matures in the same way as whiskies and wines barrel-age, and most cognacs spend considerably longer "on the wood" than the minimum legal requirement.

[edit]

History

the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia


[edit]

Research Tips

This place has no commentary yet. It is only a stub. You can help by editing it and sharing what you know: research tips, history, relationships with other places, etc.


This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at Cognac. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
Retrieved from "https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Place:Cognac%2C_Charente%2C_France"