Single Varietal Grape Brandies

All great winemaking regions of the world also have great brandy producers. In France, they are known as cognac or armanac. Like our other products, our brandies are single varietal using Riesling, Chenin Blanc, Gewurztraminer, and Pinot Gris grapes.  All of our grapes were harvested in the fall from our vineyard in Zillah, WA, the Roza Hills Vineyards, and processed into wine at our sister facility, Silver Lake Winery. The grapes were crushed, and pressed to stainless steel tank where the juice was innoculated with a selected yeast strain. The wine was fermented cool (~58 degrees F) for 35 days to help preserve fresh fruit flavors. Following fermentation, the wine was racked off its lees, and then chilled to preserve freshness. The distillation was completed in a single step process using our Still using one rectification column with 3 plates and a dephlegmator engaged. The run resulted on a distillate that was 120-130  proof with characteristic flavors of the fruit and subsequently stored in used oak wine barrels for 2-5 years.  Once aged, the brandy is diluted to 80 proof with filtered deionized water and bottled.