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