Tronçais and Limousin are the treasury of French oak .
In this barrels made of powerful wood the French cognac is aging under the laws of France. For the taste and aroma of cognac the quality of the wood is just as important as the quality of the grapes.
The barrel gives to the cognac abylitty to develop and matures. At a slow oxidation process of interaction with oxygen which penetrates into the pores of the oak. Today wine producers and large barrels producers are actively experimenting with different kinds of oak. Yet, over the centuries, from the moment of discovery of spirit storage, nothing better for this purpose than French oak, growing in old forests Tronçais and Limousin, was not found. The wood growing in Tronçais forest has a large number of small leeks and "more balanced" lignins and tannins. It is often used in primary aging of spirits. Oak from Limousine forest has the coarse-grained wood structure, more containing of important for cognac chemical compounds. This oak requires respect, especially the manufacture of barrels.
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