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Article #126: How to Drink Cognac

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First, it is necessary to choose a proper There is a great variety of ways how to
wineglass. The specialists of cognac drink cognac. Cognac is mixed with soda
blending recommend a tulip-shaped water or tonic. There are some
wineglass, but the low, spherical recommendations how to obtain an
wineglass will be OK too. 20-25 ml of excellent aperitif wine:use cognac VS or
cognac pour into the wineglass and heat VSOP for blending;
in a palm for 8-10 minutes. If you warm 20 ml of cognac + 50-60 ml of tonic (or
up the wineglass in another way, for soda water) + pieces of ice;combinations
example by burn-in lighter, all aromatic of cognac with citric or orange juice are
matters will evaporate. possible.
Take the wineglass and ... Look at the Cognac is popularly used as the cocktails
surface. The cognac color can tell you fundamental:use cognac VS or VSOP for
much. For example, the light-straw color blending;possible combinations with
points to young cognacs, straw-yellow, tonic, fresh juice;a drop of liquor or
amber, golden and auburn-red - to older. syrup;shake up in a shaker, add pieces of
Always look at the color - it ice.
characterizes the age of cognac. The dictionary of the terms used during
Then you should smell cognac. Put the tasting
nose to the edge of the wineglass and Odor - all feelings outgoing from cognac.
inhale " montant odors". It's usually Aroma - pleasant odor felt by a nose.
floral or fruit odors: violets, iris, Bouquet - variety of odors and aromas
rose, pear, cherry, apricot, plum, fig, combining in cognac.
quince, grapefruit, jasmine, chestnut, Montant aroma - first odour, which the
orange zest, nut, or peach. Come off and drink presented to you.
shake up cognac, now bring the wineglass Duration - duration of montant aroma.
to the nose again, inhale ... Smack - feel on the tip of tongue and
... palate.
Now you are ready to try cognac. Make a Taste - mixture of continuous feelings in
small sip. The cognac will pass and make the mouth (smack + aroma).
you to estimate all complication and Termination - taste, which remains on the
individuality. We drink cognac in a palate, after drinking cognac.
circle of close friends and in pleasant Rancio - an exposition of taste, which
atmosphere. Cognac perfectly combines belongs to very old cognacs matured in
with coffee (preferably with cognac XO), oak casks. It is the visiting card of
cigar (special cigar cognac) and cognac once tasted that impossible to
chocolate (preferably with cognac VSOP or forget.
XO).






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