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Full-cycle brandy production


The full-cycle production of brandy — the complete cycle of producing brandy distillates obtained by fractional distillation (rectification) of wine must (wine material), fully (100 percent) produced from grapes grown on the territory of the Russian Federation, aging of the obtained distillates (storage in special production containers until the distillates achieve properties defined by the organization's technical documentation) in contact with oak wood for a minimum of three years, and the production of brandy from such distillates and its filling into consumer packaging1.

  1. Federal Law No. 171-FZ of November 22, 1995 "On State Regulation of the Production and Circulation of Ethyl Alcohol, Alcoholic and Alcohol-containing Products and on Limiting Consumption (Drinking) of Alcoholic Products", as amended on September 1, 2024, Article 2, Subparagraph 34 // Official Gazette of the Russian Federation. 1995. No. 48. Item 4553. ↩

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