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Article: Cognac and armagnac. (enjoying alcoholic spirits during the winter months)
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- Black Enterprise
- Article date:
- February 1, 1994
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Brandy is brandy, unless it's Cognac or Armagnac--then it's in a realm all its own. All brandy is distilled from wine, so it comes as no surprise that most winemaking countries produce it. But, just as wines of one country differ from another, so do brandies. Only France, however, produces brandies as distinctive as Cognac and Armagnac. Yet, as superb as these two brandies are, they are as different from each other in character, background and taste as two distant relatives.
Cognac is smooth and elegant; Armagnac is earthy and mellow. Cognac has a silky richness; Armagnac has been called the "Velvet Flame." Armagnac has a forthright bouquet that has been likened ...