Kugira ngo usobanukirwe na whisky, ugomba kumenya ingunguru zikoreshwa, kuko uburyohe bwinshi bwa whiski buturuka kubiti. Gukoresha ikigereranyo, whisky ni icyayi, naho ibiti byimbaho ni imifuka yicyayi. Whisky, kimwe na Rum, byose ni umwuka wijimye. Ubusanzwe, imyuka yose itandukanijwe iragaragara neza nyuma yo kuyitandukanya. Impamvu bitwa "Umwuka wijimye" ni ukubera ko bakuramo uburyohe nibara muri barrique yimbaho. Kugira ngo wumve uburyohe bwayo Imiterere, urashobora guhitamo vino ikwiranye. Iki gihe, biroroshye kandi kwitiranywa nabantu basanzwe, itandukaniro rya whisky na brandi. Ntukavuge ko utumva nyuma yo kuyisoma!
Rimwe na rimwe, iyo ngeze mu iduka rya vino, yaba ikinyobwa cyoroheje cyangwa ikinyobwa cyubusa kandi nshaka gutumiza imyuka imwe, sinshobora kumenya guhitamo Whisky na Brandy, niba nshaka ikarita yumukara cyangwa Remy. Tutibagiwe nikirangantego, byombi ni imyuka itandukanijwe ifite impamyabumenyi irenga dogere 40. Mubyukuri, Whisky na Brandy nabyo biroroshye gutandukanya uburyohe. Muri rusange, impumuro nuburyohe bwa Brandy birashobora gukomera no kuryoha, kubera ibikoresho bitandukanye byo guteka.
Whisky ikoresha ibinyampeke nka malt, sayiri, ingano, ingano n'ibigori, naho Brandy akoresha imbuto, cyane cyane inzabibu. Whisky nyinshi zishaje mubiti byimbaho, ariko Brandy ntabwo byanze bikunze. Niba waragiye mukarere ka vino yubufaransa, uduce tumwe na tumwe dukungahaye kuri pome na puwaro bifite Brandy. Ntibashobora gusaza muri barrale yimbaho, ibara rero riraboneye. Kuriyi nshuro ndavuga cyane cyane kuri Brandy, izasaza muri barrale yimbaho kandi itetse inzabibu. Kuberako yatetse n'imbuto, Brandy azaba imbuto nkeya kandi ziryoshye kuruta whisky.
Hariho itandukaniro mubikorwa byo guswera. Whisky ikoresha inkono gusa cyangwa ikomeza guhagarara. Iyambere ifite uburyohe bukomeye, iyanyuma irakwiriye kubyara umusaruro mwinshi ariko uburyohe bworoshye kubura; mugihe Brandy akoresha inkono ya Charente ya kera. Igifaransa (Charentais Distillation), uburyohe nabwo burakomeye cyane, Charente nintara y’Ubufaransa aho agace ka Cognac (Cognac) gaherereye, naho Brandy ikorerwa mu gace kemewe n'amategeko ka Cognac ishobora kwitwa Cognac (Cognac), the impamvu ihwanye na champagne.
Iheruka ni ingunguru n'umwaka. Bavuga ko ibice birenga 70% by uburyohe bwa Whisky biva muri barriel, mugihe ingunguru zitandukanye zikoreshwa na Whisky muri Scotland, nka bourbon na sheri barrile, zose zikoreshwa mubikera bishaje (Whisky muri Amerika ikoresha ingunguru nshya) ) igiti cya oak), bityo iragwa uburyohe bwa vino yari ipakiye. Naho Brandy, cyane cyane Cognac, ingaruka za barrale oak nazo zibanze. Erega burya, uburyohe nibara biva muri barrale, kandi uruhare rwa barrale ni nkumufuka wicyayi. Byongeye kandi, Cognac ivuga ko ibikoresho fatizo bikoreshwa muri barrale bigomba kuba ibiti kuva ku myaka 125 kugeza 200. Ibiti bibiri gusa byigifaransa birashobora gukoreshwa kubutaka bwa Cognac busaza - Quercus pedunculata na Quercus sessiliflora. Byinshi muri barrale bikozwe muntoki, kubijyanye rero nigiciro, Cognac ihenze kuruta Whisky.
Muburyo bwo gusaza, hari inyungu nigihombo. Whisky ifite "Umugabane wa Malayika" wo guhumeka vino, naho Cognac ifite "La Part des Anges" ifite ibisobanuro bimwe. Ku bijyanye n'imyaka, amategeko yo muri ottcosse ateganya ko ishobora kwitwa Whisky nyuma yo kumara imyaka irenga itatu muri barrale. Hitamo kurangwa na "NAS" (Ntabwo-Imyaka-Itangazo).
Naho Cognac, nta mpamvu yo kuranga umwaka. Ahubwo, irangwa na VS, VSOP, na XO. VS isobanura imyaka 2 muri barrale yimbaho, mugihe VSOP ifite imyaka 3 kugeza 6, naho XO byibuze imyaka 6. Muyandi magambo, duhereye ku mbogamizi z’ubucuruzi n’amabwiriza, birashoboka ko Whisky ifite umwaka wihariye izasaza kurenza Cognac. Ubundi se, Whisky wimyaka 12 ubu abayinywa bafatwa nkikinyobwa rusange, none nigute Cognac wimyaka 6 yafatwa nkikinyobwa? ikibazo. Icyakora, bamwe mu bakora divayi y’Abafaransa bemeza ko Cognac ishobora kugera ku rwego rwo hejuru nyuma y’imyaka 35 kugeza kuri 40 imaze gusaza ingunguru, bityo Cognac izwi cyane ifite uru rwego mu myaka myinshi.
Igihe cyo kohereza: Ugushyingo-01-2022