Aged Brandy

The DALVA Brandy VSOP, with over twenty five years old, had a great sucess at our Port & Wine store, nowadays sold out.
Once that we still have very old reserves of Brandy, the main goal now is the creation of a new concept, probably with another designation like "Aguardente Velha".
Aguardente - is the portuguese meaning for a distilled grape spirit, like for example: Rum; Tequilla; Grapa; vodka...
Velha - it means old, the more well known are the translucent spirits, although it can be aged in a oak pipe fading on a amber nutty colour and becoming more elegant and complex on taste.
 
How to make Brandy ?
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 both 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

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