Distilling

[Ryan Hubble]

Hypothetically speaking; if I were to move to a country which permits home distilling, and I were inclined to try my hand as such a thing; does aging wine prior to making brandy give the same effect as aging brandy after distilling fresh wine? Do oak flavors in wine transfer to the brandy during distillation or are they left behind? Or does distilling reset the aging or does it fully oxidize the product?

 

[ibglowin]

Sorry no discussion of distillation of wine or anything else is allowed on WMT. Even if only "hypothetically".