Orujo
Orujo is a pomace brandy with 37 to 50 percent alcohol by volume , which is mainly produced in the northern Spanish region of Galicia .
For the abbreviation orujo, the actual name aguardientes de orujo is colloquially reduced to the original material. The word orujo in Spanish generally refers to the press residue, pomace , regardless of the fruit (grapes, olives, etc.). In the case shown here, it is for the wine tread the resulting residue and the lees, resulting in wine making (see. Racking ).
The grape marc is first fermented and later distilled . The simple, traditional stills are called pota or alquitara . Alquitara refers to Arabic : al-gattara (the one who distills). Pota refers to the lower part of the distillery - a large vessel made of clay or copper in which the material to be fired is heated. Derived from this, the burners are called poteiros .
Orujo has been produced in Galicia since the 17th century at the latest. At first only the monasteries had the necessary knowledge for alcohol distillation and used it for the production of medicines. Later, the knowledge spread, so that every winemaker processed his wine residue himself. In 1989 a control council (Concello regulador) was founded, to which today more than 20 manufacturers belong. It awards the Denominación Específica (DE) de Orujo de Galicia seal of approval .
The crystal-clear variant is known as Orujo or Orujo seco . If it matures in oak barrels for at least two years, it acquires an amber-yellow color and is known as Orujo envejecido . Based on Orujo will liqueur Orujo de hierbas made of the Mallorcan Herbes is similar but far less tastes of aniseed. The orujo is also the main ingredient for the Galician variant of the Feuerzangenbowle , the Queimada . Other common variants of orujo liqueurs are coffee liqueurs or honey liqueurs.
In Portomarín , for example, there is an orujo festival or “Fiesta de Aguardiente” / “Festa da Augardente” (Spanish / Galician: schnapps festival). There, on Easter Sunday every year, several poteiros burn publicly and in competition for the best distillate and sell their own creations based on orujo. Outside of Galicia there is a “Fiesta de Orujo” in the Cantabrian town of Potes .
Web links
- Concello reguladar Orujo de Galicia. Retrieved October 5, 2010 . (span.)
Individual evidence
- ^ "Recipiente do alambique no que se coce o bagazo" (container of the distillation plant in which the material to be fired is heated) Diccionario da Real Academia Galega (dictionary of the Royal Galician Academy). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 15, 2010 ; Retrieved October 5, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (span.)
