Lexicon
- Aficionado : amateur who is part of Afición.
- Al Andalus (distant land, in Arabic) : current Spanish province, it represented the extreme point of the long ride and the Arab conquest in the 8th century.
- Alembic : device used for the distillation of liquids, particularly in the production of brandy.
- AOC : Appellation d'origine contrôlée, a quality label for specific agricultural products.
- Arbre et Paysage 32 : association created in 1990 which made it possible to reconstruct more than a thousand kilometers of hedges in the Gers. The association trains, informs and advises to restore trees and shrubs to their true place in landscapes.
- Blending : operation which consists of combining different eaux-de-vie in order to obtain the most harmonious balance.
- Bandas : typical musical groups from the South-West.
- Basquaise : traditional bottle shape with a flattened belly.
- Brut de cask : brandy aged in oak barrels until bottling and left at its natural strength.
- Chabrot : making chabrot consists of pouring red wine into your soup plate, still steaming from the broth that you have swallowed.
- Foudre : large-capacity oak container in which blends are made.
- ODG : Defense and Management Organization, which supervises and regulates the production of certain designations of controlled origin.
- Topping : operation which consists of maintaining the same filling level in the barrels, as natural evaporation occurs.
- Angels' share : Portion of eau-de-vie evaporated naturally, through the pores of the wood, during aging in oak barrels in the cellars.
- Petiteseaux : mixture of Armagnac aged in oak barrels and distilled water to reduce the strength of the eau-de-vie to the legal marketing level.
- Room : 400 to 420 liter oak barrel, reference container for aging Armagnac.
- Peacock tail : succession of flavors which spread sumptuously in the mouth.
- Reduction : operation which consists of lowering the alcoholic degree of a brandy.
- VS (Very Special) : the youngest Armagnac and must have at least two years of aging in oak barrels.
- VSOP (Very Superior Old Pale) : must, in Armagnac, have at least 4 years of aging in oak barrels.
- XO (Extra Old) : must, in Armagnac, have at least 10 years of aging in oak barrels.
- Hors d'Âge : must, in Armagnac, have more than 10 years of aging in oak barrels.
- Bousinage : term used in cooperage to define the burning of wood after bending the staves. Its objective is to develop the aromas of wood, such as vanilla and toast.
- Single cask : this term developed by whiskey manufacturers means that it is a whiskey from a single barrel.
- Reduction : this is the technique of reducing the alcohol level by slowly adding distilled water previously cut with Armagnac into the blend.
