N1 · category
Cognac
- Family
- Single-distillate spirit
- Raw materials
- Grape
- Place of origin
- Charente, France
Wine spirit, twice distilled in a Charentais still, matured in oak casks. Protected designation of origin.
Its colour, and what colour owes to craft
Amber from the cask, adjustable — maturation in wood, caramel allowed to even it out. See the six regimes of colouring
The thing to remember
Six delimited crus, among them Grande Champagne, define the historic hierarchy of the vineyard.
Terroirs and geographical indications
The recognised production areas attached to this category in the Atlas.
- Eau-de-vie de Cognac Geographical indication registered in the European Union · France
- Cognac Bois ordinaires ou Bois à terroirs Complementary geographical denomination · France
- Cognac Bons Bois Complementary geographical denomination · France
- Cognac Borderies Complementary geographical denomination · France
- Cognac Fine Champagne Complementary geographical denomination · France
- Cognac Fins Bois Complementary geographical denomination · France
- Cognac Grande Champagne ou Grande Fine Champagne Complementary geographical denomination · France
- Cognac Petite Champagne ou Petite Fine Champagne Complementary geographical denomination · France
Sources and validation
- Sources of the corpus
- Names and statuses: eAmbrosia, the official register of geographical indications of the European Union. Geometries: INAO, Délimitation des aires géographiques des SIQO (27/07/2026), Licence Ouverte v2.0, reprojected to WGS84.
- Corpus updated on
- 1 August 2026
- Validation
- Seed entry Corpus under construction. Each entry is checked and sourced before validation by the future scholarly board. Protection status and mode of location are carried by each entry: an area delimited by a product specification and a reference-town point do not carry the same weight.