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Alcohol.
vie
premiere,
ancl
is
remarkable
for
its
delicate
rich
bouquet
and
flavour,
rendering
it
pre-eminent
above
all
brandies
:
this
quality,
when
kept
in
casks,
assumes
a
pale
amber
colour.
The
second
dis-
tillation,
or
common
Brandy,
is
an
inferior
produce,
being
rarely
exported
:
it
is
known
as
eau
de
vie
ordinaire
;
it
is
made
from
spoilt
or
inferior
red
or
white
wines,
and
constitutes
the
French
Brandy
in
ordinary
use.
Eau
de
vie
d’Aisne
is
synonymous
with
eau
de
vie
de
marc,
the
inferior
spirit
already
noticed.
Eau
de
vie
d’Andaye,
is
remarkable
for
its
peculiar
fennel-like
odour
;
it
is
a
choice
and
excellent
Brandy,
and
often
imitated
by
mixing
a
quart
of
good
old
Cognac
with
\
gill
distilled
aniseed
water,
and
f
gill
of
clear
syrup.
A
few
fennel
seeds,
steeped
in
ordinary
Brandy,
is
called
eau
de
vie
de
Rhe.
The
Brandies
of
Rochelle,
Bordeaux,
Languedoc,
and
others,
are
good
French
Brandies,
which
are
superior
to
the
Brandies
of
Italy,
Spain,
and
other
countries
:
eveiy
soil,
climate,
and
grape
varies,
as
regards
quality
of
yield
of
Brandy.
Foreign
Brandy
is
generally
overproof.
A
great
desideratum
among
distillers
in
this
country
is
to