Cognac factory "Temryuk": quality, tested for years

The year of foundation of the brandy factory "Temryuk" is 1962. True, at that time he had a completely different name. State farm "Komsomolsky" specializes in the production of champagne and sparkling wines. Also in its assortment there were vintage, dessert and ordinary drinks. In the early nineties, the company first produced cognac products.

Quality assurance

The brandy factory "Temryuk" regularly presents its products at international exhibitions and receives high marks of world-class experts. The merits of Taman winemakers are confirmed by medals and diplomas of the competitions "Golden Griffin" (Crimea), "Wines and Beverages" (Anapa), "Cornucopia" (Stavropol), "Southern Russia" (Krasnodar).

Flagship samples, which have become a symbol of the enterprise, are prepared with the addition of alcohols of four and five years of aging. The lion's share of grapes used in production is grown on the Taman Peninsula.

You can buy branded drinks in the shops of federal trade networks and in your own store. Address of the brandy factory "Temryuk" and the tasting room: 27 September street, building No. 21.

Raw materials

The area of the vineyards of the enterprise exceeds 400 hectares. The abundance of clear and hot sunny days, mild maritime climate and long experience of agronomists allow to increase the volume of production. The special climatic conditions that distinguish Taman are recognized as one of the most comfortable for breeding technical varieties of berries.

Specialists of the brandy factory "Temryuk" are actively working on growing and improving the winemaking qualities of such varieties as "ruby holodrigi", "isabella", "dunavsky lazur", "moldova". Usually the mass harvesting starts in the middle of August and can drag on until the last days of October.

To collect raw materials, only the manual method is used. About seventy people are involved in field work. In order to improve the taste of the final products, the management of the enterprise has long abandoned the mechanical processing of vines.

The total weight of berry mass grown per year exceeds three thousand tons. Begin the recipe in the middle of winter. The duration of this process is 180 days.

Technology

With the onset of the first hot summer days, the preparation of cognac distillate is completed. Usually the transition to a new stage takes place no later than April. For the distillation of raw materials, time-tested devices of the brand PU-500 are used. This equipment is being assembled in a factory in Italy.

The basis for future drinks is bottled in wooden barrels. For their production use oak trunks, whose age exceeds a hundred years. They are brought from the protected areas of neighboring Adygea. Among the features of the recipe used in Temryuk at the factory of cognac wines, the following aspects stand out:

• Special pressing of the cake, which excludes the appearance of foreign impurities;
• Preservation of the integrity of the bones, which helps to minimize the bitterness of grape raw materials.

For more than fifty years of successful and fruitful work at the enterprise, the optimum time required for fermenting the sugars contained in the berry mass for cognac spirits has been established. Fermented juice is distilled twice. Thus, the fortress declared by the technology is achieved. The aging period is more than four years.

Range

The symbol of the production of the brandy factory "Temryuk" is the eponymous drink, produced over several decades. It has an authentic and rich flavor. Its virtues are the softness and harmony of the fragrance.

Tasters note the bright notes of vanilla and the sweetness of fruit fruit. The heart of cognac is a flower arrangement. It allows you to feel not only the aroma, but also the taste of generous gifts of the Kuban open spaces. To get the desired result, winemakers need a lot of effort. The recipe for the preparation of this drink is kept in the strictest secrecy.

On the counter of the brand shop of the cognac factory in Temryuk are also presented "Adis", "Kazar", "Prince Temryuk." The cost of alcohol produced by the company varies from 100 to 9,000 rubles. Filling is carried out in bottles with a capacity of 100, 500 and 700 milliliters. These drinks are aged for four years.

In addition to them in the arsenal of short-term "Temryuk" semisweet wines and tinctures "Peach on brandy", "Isabella", "Cranberry on cognac" and other names.