Cognac VS
2 years min
Cognac Superieur
3 years min
Cognac VO
4 years min
Cognac VSOP
4 years min
Cognas VVSOP
5 years min
Cognac Grand Reserve
5 years min
Cognac XO (pre-2018)
6 years min
Cognac Napoleon
6 years min
Cognac XO (post-2018)
10 years min
Armagnac VS
1-3 years min
Armagnac ***
1-3 years min
Armagnac VSOP
4-9 years min
Armagnac Napoleon
4-9 years min
Armagnac XO
10 years min
Armagnac Hors d’Age
10 years min
Armagnac XO Premium
20 years min
Calvados Fine
2 years min
Calvados Trois Etoiles
2 years min
Calvados Trois Pommes
2 years min
Calvados VS
2 years min
Calvados Vieux
3 years min
Calvados Reserve
3 years min
Calvados VO
4 years min
Calvados VSOP
4 years min
Calvados Vieille Reserve
4 years min
Calvados Hors d’age
6 years min
Calvados XO
6 years min
Calvados Napoleon
6 year min
Regions in Armagnac
Haut Armagnac, Bas Armagnac, Armagnac-Tenareze
Regions of Calvados
Calvados, Domfrontais, Pays d’Auge
Regions in Cognac
Grand Champagne, Petite Champagne, Borders, Fins Bois, Bon Bois, Bois Ordinaires
Reposado
min 2 months in oak/ encino oak barrels
Anejo
min 1 year in oak/ encino oak barrels (max 600L)
Extra Anejo
min 3 years in oak/ encino oak barrels (max 600L
100% Agave
No other carbohydrate source
Oro/ Gold Tequila
“Mellowed” with caramel coloring or oak extract
Mezcal Anejo
min 1 year in oak, max 200 L barrel
Mezcal Reposado
min 2 months in oak
Can mezcal include non-agave carbohydrate sources?
yes, up to 20%
“Mezcal”
modern production methods including S/S at all steps of production, cooking of maguey juice, mechanical shredder, continuous stills
“Mezcal Artesanal”
Cooked in pit ovens or cement; milled with bats, stone wheel, or mechanical; fermented in anything but S/S; distilled in copper or clay, can include bagazo
“Mezcal Ancestral”
Cooked in pit ovens; milled with stone wheel or bats; fermented in stone, wood, clay, animal skins, earthenware; Distilled in clay, direct fired by wood, must include bagazo
Single Malt Scotch Whisky
distilled at a single distillery, in pot still, from water and malted barley
Single Grain Scotch Whisky
anything which does not qualify as Single Malt or Blended Scotch Whisky
Blended Malt Scotch Whisky
Blend of more than one single malt whisky from different facilities
Blended Grain Scotch Whisky
Blend of more than one Grain Scotch Whisky from multiple facilities
Blended Scotch Whisky
Blend of one or more Single Malt Whiskies with one or more Single Grain Whiskies
