At E&J Gallo, we use French Colombard, Grenache and Barbera grapes from California to make a base wine that we distill and age to create our legendary E&J Brandy.
The distilled spirit is aged in French Limousin oak barrels, where it takes on a beautiful palate of colors and flavors, until alcohol levels settle to about 40 percent. Our brandymaker, Scott DiSalvo, adds distilled water along the way to bring the brandy to its proper strength, continually tasting and testing each lot before blending and bottling at just the right moment.
These techniques translate to rich flavors and aromas of vanilla, honey, flowers, leather and earth in our range of E&J brandies.
