Winery Paul GiraudVieille Réserve Cognac Grande Champagne Premier Cru
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with
The Vieille Réserve Cognac Grande Champagne Premier Cru of the Winery Paul Giraud is in the top 5 of wines of Cognac.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
Details and technical informations about Winery Paul Giraud's Vieille Réserve Cognac Grande Champagne Premier Cru.
Discover the grape variety: Muscat de Hambourg
Muscat de Hambourg noir is a grape variety that originated in . It produces a variety of grapes used to make wine. However, it can also be found eating on our tables! This variety of grape is characterized by large bunches and large grapes. Muscat de Hambourg noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Languedoc & Roussillon, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Vieille Réserve Cognac Grande Champagne Premier Cru from Winery Paul Giraud are 2008
Informations about the Winery Paul Giraud
The Winery Paul Giraud is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in the of Cognac to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Cognac
Cognac is the most famous brandy in the world, more famous even than its OldGascon cousin, Armagnac. It comes from the Charentais, a vast region of western France immediately North of Bordeaux, and takes its name from the historic town of Cognac - the long-standing epicentre of local brandy production. In French, cognac is technically classified as an eau-de-vie de vin - a category that covers all spirits distilled from wine. The Full and official name of the brandy is actually "Eau-de-Vie de Cognac" or "Eau-de-Vie des Charentes", but the Short version has become so common that these longer versions almost never appear on labels.
The word of the wine: Presses
The juice that results from pressing the grapes after fermentation. At the end of the maceration, the vats are emptied, the first juice obtained is called the free-run wine and the marc remaining at the bottom of the vat is then pressed to give the press wine. We say more quickly "the presses". Their quality varies according to the vintage and the maceration. A too vigorous extraction releases the tannins of pips and the wine of press can then prove to be very astringent. Often the winemaker raises it separately, deciding later whether or not to incorporate it totally or partially into the grand vin.
