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The GILBERT & GAILLARD International Magazine : Make some room in your lounge for WINE REGIONS from around the world
The GILBERT & GAILLARD International Magazine :
Make some room in your lounge for WINE REGIONS from around the world
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SOUTH AFRICA<br />
– SPIRITS –<br />
Oude Molen master distiller Danie Pretorius<br />
Brandy Trophy no fewer than 16 times in two decades. At the<br />
International Spirits Challenge, one producer alone – KWV –<br />
has been named Brandy/Cognac Producer of the Year four<br />
times since 2015.<br />
‘I believe what differentiates our brandies from other brandies<br />
are our world-class production methods,’ says KWV spirits<br />
manager Pieter de Bod. ‘Our production regulations are<br />
among the strictest in the world.’<br />
CAPE BRANDY BASICS<br />
SA’s finest potstill brandies, which now have the exclusive<br />
right to be labelled as Cape Brandy, are produced in exactly<br />
the same manner as Cognac, which is to say they are 100%<br />
double distilled in copper potstills, then aged for a number<br />
of years in oak barrels (these may be no larger than 340 litres<br />
for at least the first three years). However, SA’s minimum age<br />
terms are longer than those in France. ‘Our minimum three<br />
years’ maturation is more than the two-year minimum for<br />
entry-level Cognac,’ says Christelle Reade-Jahn, director of the<br />
SA Brandy Foundation.<br />
106 AUTUMN 2021 GILBERT & GAILLARD - THE FRENCH EXPERTS ON WINE
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