Ma ke ʻano he lālā o ka ʻohana hanohano o nā brandies Palani, armanyak ʻokoʻa loa ia mai nā hoa ikaika, e like me nā mea i makemake nui ʻia o lākou - cognac. He kūlana maikaʻi ko Armagnac ma ke ʻano he mea inu momona, he mea kupaianaha kona ʻono a me ka mea ʻala no ko lākou expressiveness a me nā ʻano kupaianaha. ʻAʻole ia no ka mea ʻole a ka Palani e ʻōlelo ai e pili ana i kēia inu: "Ua hāʻawi mākou i ka honua i ka cognac e mālama iā Armagnac no mākou iho".
ʻO ka hui mua paha i loaʻa i ka hapa nui o ka poʻe ke ʻōlelo lākou ʻo "Gascony" ka inoa o ka Musketeer dʻArtagnan, akā no ka mea aloha ʻuhane ia, ʻo Armagnac nō ia. Inā ʻaʻole ka lā Gascon, lepo lepo a me ka wela maoli o ka hema, ʻaʻole hānau ʻia kēia inu. Aia ʻo Gascony ma ka hema o Bordeaux a kokoke loa i ka Pyrenees. Ma muli o ka wela o ke aniau hema, loaʻa nā hua i nā hua waina ma Gascony, kahi e hoʻopili ai i ka maikaʻi o nā waina kūloko a me ka maikaʻi o ka brandy. ʻO ka hana distillation ma kēia ʻāina i haku ʻia i ke kenekulia XII. Me he mea lā, ua hiki mai kēia mākau i ka poʻe Gasimona mai nā hoanoho Paniolo, a mai nā ʻAlapia paha i noho ma Pyrenees.
ʻO ka ʻōlelo mua o ka Gascon "wai o ke ola" mai ka makahiki 1411. A i kēia manawa i ka 1461, ua hoʻomaka ke kūʻai aku i ka ʻuhane hua waina ma Palani a me nā ʻāina ʻē. I nā kenekulia e hiki mai ana, ua koi ʻia ʻo Armagnac e hana i kahi no ka mākeke - aia kahi mana ikaika i ka hoʻouka kaua. A, malia paha ua makemake ʻia ʻo Armagnac e noho ma ka palena o ka mōʻaukala inā ʻaʻole i mākaukau nā mea hana kūloko i ka ʻelemakule i nā pahu. E like me ka mea i hoʻololi ʻia, ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o ka manawa o Armagnac ma mua o ka whiskey ʻo Scotch a i ʻole ka cognac like. ʻO kēia loaʻa i hiki ai i ka waena o ke kenekulia iwakālua e hoʻolaulaha, ma mua i ka ʻAmelika a laila i ka mākeke ʻEulopa, ʻo Armagnacs kahiko, ka mea i lanakila koke i nā mea kūʻai lama "holomua" a me nā gourmets.
ʻO kahi mea nui nui i ka mōʻaukala o Gascon brandy ka helehelena i ka makahiki 1909 o kahi palapala hoʻoholo e hoʻokumu ana i nā palena o ka ʻāina o kāna hana, a i ka 1936 armanyak Loaʻa iā ia ke kūlana o AOC (Appellation dʻOrigine Controlee). Ma ke kānāwai, hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ka mokuna holoʻokoʻa o Armagnac i ʻekolu mau ʻāpana - Bas Armagnac (Bas), Tenareze a me Haut-Armagnac, kēlā me kēia me kahi microclimate a me nā ʻano lepo. ʻOiai, pili kēia mau mea i nā waiwai o nā hua waina, ka waina i loaʻa mai iā ia a me ka distillate iho.
ʻIke ʻia ʻo Armagnac no ka laulā o nā mea ʻono a me nā mea ʻala. I ka manawa like, manaʻo ʻia ʻehiku onaona i mea maʻamau nona: hazelnut, peach, violet, linden, vanilla, prune a me ka pepa. Hoʻoholo ʻia kēia ʻano ma nā ʻano like ʻole e ka helu o nā ʻano hua waina mai a Armagnac e hiki ai ke hana - aia wale nō he 12 o lākou. ʻO nā ʻano nui like me Cognac: foil blanche, unyi blanc a me colombard. ʻOhiʻohi pinepine ʻia ka mahina ma ʻOkakopa. A laila hana ʻia ka waina mai nā hua, a me ka distillation (a i ʻole distillation) o ka waina ʻōpio e pono e hoʻokō ʻia ma mua o Ianuali 31 o kēia makahiki e hiki mai ana, ʻoiai ma ka puna e hiki i ka waina ke hoʻoulu, a ʻaʻole hiki ke hana i nā waiʻona maikaʻi mai ia mea. .
ʻAʻole like me ka cognac, i hana ʻia me ka distillation pālua, ʻae ʻia ʻelua mau ʻano distillation no Armagnac. No ka mea mua - hoʻomau distillation - hoʻohana ʻia ʻo Armagnac alambic (Alambique Armagnacqais), a i ʻole ka mea hana ʻo Verdier (i kapa ʻia ma hope o ka mea hana), kahi e hāʻawi ai i ka waiʻona onaona hiki ke ʻelemakule.
ʻO Alambique Armagnacqais ma waho o ka hoʻokūkū, a hiki i ka 1972 ma Armagnac, ua kū mai ka Alambique Charentais, kahi pahu lua distillation mai Cognac. He hopena maikaʻi kēia kūlana i ka hoʻomohala ʻia ʻana o ka brandy Gascon: ua hiki ke hoʻohui ʻia i ʻelua ʻano ʻalekohola, a pēlā i hoʻonui ʻia ai ka ʻono o Armagnac. ʻO ka hale kaulana o Janneau ka mua ma Armagnac e hoʻohana i nā ʻano ʻelua ʻoluʻolu o ka distillation.
Hana ʻia ka ʻelemakule Armagnac i nā pae: ma ka mua i nā barela hou, a laila i nā mea i hoʻohana mua ʻia. Hana ʻia kēia i mea e hōʻalo ai ka inu i ka mana o nā ʻala lāʻau. No nā barela, ma ke ala, hoʻohana lākou i ka nui ʻoka ʻoka mai ka ulu lāʻau Monlesum kūloko. Koho ʻia nā ʻōpio Armagnacs "ʻEkolu mau hōkū", Monopole, VO - ʻo ka liʻiliʻi o ka ʻelemakule o kēlā Armagnac he 2 mau makahiki. ʻO ka mahele aʻe ʻo VSOP, Reserve ADC, e like me ke kānāwai, ʻaʻole hiki i kēia brandy ma lalo o 4 mau makahiki. A ʻo ka mea hope loa, ʻo ka hui ʻekolu: Extra, Napoleon, XO, Tres Vieille - ʻo ke kū palena palena palena ʻole he 6 mau makahiki. Aia kekahi, he ʻokoʻa: ʻoiai ka hapanui o nā mea hana e mālama i ka VSOP Armagnac i nā pahu lāʻau ʻoka ma kahi o ʻelima mau makahiki, ʻo Janneau no ʻehiku mau makahiki. A ʻo nā ʻalekole no Armagnac Janneau XO ʻelemakule i ka ʻoka no 12 mau makahiki, ʻoiai no kēia papa o Armagnac, ua lawa nā makahiki ʻeono o ka ʻelemakule.
Ma ka laulaha, ʻo ka mea nui o ka hale Janneau no Armagnac he paʻakikī e hoʻonui. ʻO ka mea mua, pili ia i ka helu o nā Hale Nui o Armagnac, nāna i hoʻonani i kēia mea inu ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa. A ʻo ka lua, ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea hana mua loa i ka ʻāina, i hoʻokumu ʻia e Pierre-Etienne Jeannot i ka makahiki 1851. I kēia mau lā aia nō ka ʻoihana i loko o ka lima o hoʻokahi ʻohana, kahi mea nui i nā kuʻuna ma mua o nā mea āpau a hoʻolaʻa wale ʻia mea e like ai. No laila, e like me 150 mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ʻo Janneau - ʻaʻole like me ka hapa nui o nā mea ulu nui - distill, oʻo a me nā ʻōmole nā huahana i loaʻa nā māla waina i ka home.
Aia i ka laina maʻamau o ka hale nā Armagnacs kaulana Janneau VSOP, Napoleon a me XO. He paʻakikī loa e hoʻopaʻapaʻa e pili ana i kā lākou mea maikaʻi a me nā mea maikaʻi ʻole, no ka mea, he kanaka ponoʻī kā kēlā me kēia mea, ʻokoʻa i nā mea ʻē aʻe, ke ʻano. ʻO kahi laʻana, ʻike ʻia ʻo Janneau VSOP no ka nani a me ka māmā. Pīhoihoi wale ʻo Janneau Napoleon me kona onaona ʻaʻala me ka nui o nā kani o ka vanilla, nā hua maloʻo a me nā hua. A ʻo Janneau XO ka mea i ʻike ʻia ma ke ʻano he Armagnac palupalu a palupalu hoʻi i nā Gascony āpau.