雅文邑酒与干邑酒的分别

历史

雅文邑酒发明比干邑酒早150年, 雅文邑酒得益于自己的生产, 超过一半面向法国本土市场。

雅文邑酒的种植 :

雅文邑比较喜欢砂质土, 而干邑比较喜欢粘钙土 ; 98%的葡萄种是白于然Ugni-Blanc。

雅文邑酒的蒸馏 :

夏朗德charentai蒸馏器是双重蒸馏器(酒精经两次加热) 而获得干邑酒在蒸馏器导出时是大约72°,雅文邑酒蒸馏器是一连续的蒸馏器, 蒸馏出不同度数的酒精。雅文邑酒蒸馏器蒸馏出60°的酒精。

Vintages :

They remain specific to Armagnac with an excellent tracability of the stocks. For example 1978 indicates that the Armagnac has been distilled in 1978 that means the exact year of the crop. Vintages remain rare in Cognac , they are not usual. Furthermore the bottling date used in Armagnac allow to know exactly the true age of the Armagnac.

The majority of the Cognac business is industry, the Armagnac’s one remains a hand-crafted production.

Nevertheless, the rules concerning the labels remain the same in the Armagnac and Cognac areas , the VSOP quality must be aged during 4 years minimum in oak cask and the XO quality 6 years minimum.

The market

5.15 million , is the number of bottles of Armagnac sold worldwide in 2013 against 175 million for Cognac .
For 1 Armagnac bottle purchased it sells 35 of Cognac.

在2011年1.77亿瓶干邑酒出售中, 90%是出口到世界各地。2011年雅文邑酒出售量是干邑酒的3.6%(6百万瓶)。