Spirits

Question 1

Cognac VS

Answer 1

2 years min

Question 2

Cognac Superieur

Answer 2

3 years min

Question 3

Cognac VO

Answer 3

4 years min

Question 4

Cognac VSOP

Answer 4

4 years min

Question 5

Cognas VVSOP

Answer 5

5 years min

Question 6

Cognac Grand Reserve

Answer 6

5 years min

Question 7

Cognac XO (pre-2018)

Answer 7

6 years min

Question 8

Cognac Napoleon

Answer 8

6 years min

Question 9

Cognac XO (post-2018)

Answer 9

10 years min

Question 10

Armagnac VS

Answer 10

1-3 years min

Question 11

Armagnac ***

Answer 11

1-3 years min

Question 12

Armagnac VSOP

Answer 12

4-9 years min

Question 13

Armagnac Napoleon

Answer 13

4-9 years min

Question 14

Armagnac XO

Answer 14

10 years min

Question 15

Armagnac Hors d’Age

Answer 15

10 years min

Question 16

Armagnac XO Premium

Answer 16

20 years min

Question 17

Calvados Fine

Answer 17

2 years min

Question 18

Calvados Trois Etoiles

Answer 18

2 years min

Question 19

Calvados Trois Pommes

Answer 19

2 years min

Question 20

Calvados VS

Answer 20

2 years min

Question 21

Calvados Vieux

Answer 21

3 years min

Question 22

Calvados Reserve

Answer 22

3 years min

Question 23

Calvados VO

Answer 23

4 years min

Question 24

Calvados VSOP

Answer 24

4 years min

Question 25

Calvados Vieille Reserve

Answer 25

4 years min

Question 26

Calvados Hors d’age

Answer 26

6 years min

Question 27

Calvados XO

Answer 27

6 years min

Question 28

Calvados Napoleon

Answer 28

6 year min

Question 29

Regions in Armagnac

Answer 29

Haut Armagnac, Bas Armagnac, Armagnac-Tenareze

Question 30

Regions of Calvados

Answer 30

Calvados, Domfrontais, Pays d’Auge

Question 31

Regions in Cognac

Answer 31

Grand Champagne, Petite Champagne, Borders, Fins Bois, Bon Bois, Bois Ordinaires

Question 32

Reposado

Answer 32

min 2 months in oak/ encino oak barrels

Question 33

Anejo

Answer 33

min 1 year in oak/ encino oak barrels (max 600L)

Question 34

Extra Anejo

Answer 34

min 3 years in oak/ encino oak barrels (max 600L

Question 35

100% Agave

Answer 35

No other carbohydrate source

Question 36

Oro/ Gold Tequila

Answer 36

“Mellowed” with caramel coloring or oak extract

Question 37

Mezcal Anejo

Answer 37

min 1 year in oak, max 200 L barrel

Question 38

Mezcal Reposado

Answer 38

min 2 months in oak

Question 39

Can mezcal include non-agave carbohydrate sources?

Answer 39

yes, up to 20%

Question 40

“Mezcal”

Answer 40

modern production methods including S/S at all steps of production, cooking of maguey juice, mechanical shredder, continuous stills

Question 41

“Mezcal Artesanal”

Answer 41

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

Question 42

“Mezcal Ancestral”

Answer 42

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

Question 43

Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Answer 43

distilled at a single distillery, in pot still, from water and malted barley

Question 44

Single Grain Scotch Whisky

Answer 44

anything which does not qualify as Single Malt or Blended Scotch Whisky

Question 45

Blended Malt Scotch Whisky

Answer 45

Blend of more than one single malt whisky from different facilities

Question 46

Blended Grain Scotch Whisky

Answer 46

Blend of more than one Grain Scotch Whisky from multiple facilities

Question 47

Blended Scotch Whisky

Answer 47

Blend of one or more Single Malt Whiskies with one or more Single Grain Whiskies