Cognac — one of the most popular and refined alcoholic drinks. The bottle of expensive cognac in case of a holiday or a solemn event is practically always stored in good home bar. It is necessary to consider that cognac is extremely sensitive to storage conditions which need to be observed not to spoil its delicate taste.
Ideal conditions of storage
Cognac — surprising, tasty and fragrant drink. In small amounts it is useful to an organism. Good cognac runs into money, but expenses, as a rule, are worth it.
Conditions and storage place of this strong drink can affect its gustatory qualities very strongly. The barrel made of wood of an oak of a special grade is considered the perfect place of storage, in such barrels drink is matured for years that allows it to gain exclusive gustatory qualities and aroma. It is considered that cognac can be stored in the correct oak cask for years if not decades, at the same time its taste only improves. It should be taken into account that in this case the correct temperature indicators therefore it is the best of all to store barrels with this drink in specially equipped cellar are important.
If you have no opportunity to store cognac in specialized barrels, it can be stored in a bottle very long. However, in a bottle cognac won't gain additional aroma and gustatory qualities, but also won't lose them. At observance of some rules the cognac period of storage in a glass bottle can be almost infinite.
How to store house cognac
Unlike wine, cognac needs to be stored only upright, otherwise drink can get an unpleasant odor of a stopper. That the stopper didn't dry, it is necessary to fill in a bottle neck with sealing wax. Most longer cognac will be stored at a temperature from +5 to +15 degrees in the dark place. It is very important to protect drink from any light and especially sunshine. To save drink from negative impact of light, you can wrap up a bottle with it in opaque fabric. At observance of these rules, cognac can be stored without the slightest damage to taste for many years. You shouldn't place cognac in the fridge, too low temperatures destroy structure of drink and is irreversible affect its flavoring properties. The open bottle of cognac needs to be "split" within 2-3 months, and all this time to store it far away from sunshine and too high or too low temperature. Certainly, drink can be taken and after that, but usually, later more long term, all aromatic and flavoring properties of cognac just disappears. You can prolong drink "life", its modulation in a smaller hermetically glass sealed container with a reliable cover (it is desirable that it was tight), cognac can be stored in a similar vessel very long.