Germain-robin Old Havana Alambic Brandy

POT STILL BRANDIES distilled by hand using craft methods on a small antique cognac still located in Mendocino County California. 40% ABV Hubert Germain-Robin the first distiller to use wines from world-class varietal grapes has created one of the world's great spirits. Following a chance 1981 meeting with Ansley Coale Hubert took an antique still from an abandoned distillery near Cognac and brought it to Coale's Mendocino County ranch where the two men built a modest distillery. Hubert used the old still to return to ancient craft methods passed for centuries from master to apprentice. However he broke with tradition by experimenting with distilling wines made from premium wine grapes. The grapes used in Cognac grown in that region's damp cool weather produce thin relatively flavorless wines; cognacs derive most of their flavor from their soils. Hubert reasoned that the rich complex and deeply-fruited grapes used to make Northern California's renowned table wines would