brandy

[kopend]

how old is 3 star brand anybody know?

[cassimer]

Hope this helps:

Trois Etoiles [3 Star]
at least 2 years old

VSOP
at least 5 years old

XO or Napoleon
over 6 years old

Hors d'Age
at least 10 years old

However, new labeling is being phased in:

Armagnac
aged up to six years

Vieil Armagnac
aged over 6 years in oak

Vintage
unchanged

Blanche d'Armagnac
not aged.

Cognac are at least 2-1/2 years old:

V.S. (or 3 Star)
up to 4-1/2 years old

V.S.O.P.
4-1/2 to 6-1/2 years old

Napol�on, XO, Hors d'Age
over 6-1/2 years old
(but possibly much older).

[Pinotage]

The question cannot be answered properly because you don't say where the brandy comes from. There are different laws in different countries.

Stars have no legal meaning, as far as I am aware.

In the EU brandy must be aged for at  least 6 months in oak. Anything labelled as just 'brandy' will be the cheapest. Good brandy will be labelled as Cognac, Armagnac etc