Asbach Original Aged 3 Years Brandy 700ml

Production Notes

Asbach Original Aged 3 Years Brandy 700mL is produced using a traditional two-stage copper still distillation process — both highly time-consuming and labour-intensive — that first produces a raw spirit of approximately 40% volume, before a second, significantly more complex distillation yields the fine spirit of approximately 75% volume, also known as the heart. This fine spirit is then matured in small oak casks made from Limousin oak aged for a number of years — wood with especially large pores that is air-permeable, allowing the spirit to breathe and mature in an exchange process with air. The fine spirit draws natural aroma and colour substances from the cask, gaining its characteristic dark topaz colouring and subtle, harmonious wooden accents. Asbach’s secret maturing and finishing process brings the complex production to a close, giving Asbach its radiant topaz hue and characteristic bouquet. Asbach is the only distillery in Germany that employs its own cooper, devoted primarily to the repair and care of Limousin oak casks and large Spessart oak vats.

History

Asbach’s history dates back to 1892, when Hugo Asbach (1868–1935) founded the company in the town of Rüdesheim am Rhein. A native of Cologne, Hugo Asbach learned the distillery trade at the local Export-Company for German Cognac and further refined his knowledge in France. After World War I, when the Treaty of Versailles decreed that the word Cognac could only be used for French products, Hugo Asbach coined the term Weinbrand for German brandy — a term that in 1923 became an official classification under German wine law. This extraordinary act of innovation and vision established Asbach as one of Germany’s most celebrated and historically significant brandy producers, a legacy that endures in every bottle of Asbach Original to this day.