![]() ![]() It takes 5 tons of grapes to make 1 barrel of brandy, and California provides the ideal environment in which to produce grapes at sustainable scale. These grapes find their home in, and we source largely in, the Central Valley and Central Coast regions of California. Grapes that have intense aromatics, and high acidity, for a distillate that is crisp and bright with a lovely nose. ![]() Our grape brandies typically use classic brandy varietals – (French) Colombard, Muscat de Alexandrie and Chenin Blanc. We are attempting to retain this essential character of the wine, the vibrancy and personality, and the better the base wine the better the brandy. Our focus is the distillation of unfiltered, un-sulfited wines. With that said, we believe that the art of brandy starts in the vineyard or orchard, and our wines are selected for superior aromatics and quality. (As opposed to whiskey distillation where the concept revolves more around extraction and purification to palatability.) You “stroke” brandy into shape. The distiller is attempting to retain and concentrate the nuance found in the base wine. Philosophically the art of brandy distillation revolves around the concept of retention and concentration. ![]() We adopt a “low & slow” distillation philosophy – a relatively low distillation temperature, for a longer, slower distillation, maximum copper contact, to express fruit intensity, concentrated flavors, aromas, and a velvet finish. Our aged brandies exit the barrel full integrity intact. Our brandies are batch distilled exclusively in copper pot-stills, are non-chill filtered, with no added sugar, boisé (powdered oak, shavings or infusion) other flavors, synthetic chemicals or caramel colorants for an uncorrupted, authentic, natural flavor, nose and color. We do not make derivative brandy styled upon a European sensibility. We make definitive American brandy influenced by American whiskey and American music. We use traditional copper pot-distillation to forge non-traditional craft-distilled, natural, pure pot-still American brandies. ![]()
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