DALVA Brandy VSOP (Very Special Old Pale)

Posted by C.daSILVA / at Wednesday, June 08, 2011 / /

After the grapes are pressed, the juice is left to ferment for two or three weeks, the alcohol content should be about 7% to 8%.

Distillation takes place in an alembic, two distillations must be done, resulting in a distilled grape spirit, with a translucent color, of about 70% alcohol.

Dalva Brandy V.S.O.P. will be aged in oak for at least twenty five years (average) before it can be sold to the public. As the Brandy interacts with the oak barrel and the air, it evaporates (about 3% a year) losing alcohol and water.

Because the alcohol evaporates faster than water, it will reach to 40% alcohol by volume when released to the market.

DALVA Brandy VSOP

Brandy categories:

• VS Very Special, or ✯✯✯ (three stars) - the youngest brandy used in the blend is stored at least two years in cask.
• VSOP Very Special Old Pale - the youngest brandy used in the blend is stored at least four years in cask, with a much older average.
• XO Extra Old, the youngest brandy used in the blend is stored at least ten years in cask, the average should be older than twenty years.