Lezginka

Contents

Awards
Interesting Facts
How to distinguish a fake
Types of cognac

Lezginka is a trademark owned by the Kizlyar Cognac Factory. The enterprise with an annual revenue of more than 2,5 billion rubles is one of the largest and highly profitable producers of strong alcoholic beverages in Russia. The company has the status of an official supplier of the Moscow Kremlin: the Rossiya cognac produced by KKZ is a protocol drink of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation. State Unitary Enterprise “Kizlyar Cognac Factory” was awarded the title of the best enterprise in Russia and was awarded the “Peter the Great Badge of Honor”. The assortment portfolio of the plant includes several cognac brands: “Kizlyar”, “Dagestan”, “Russia”, “Bagration”.

Historical reference. The starting point in the history of the Kizlyar Cognac Factory is considered to be 1885, when handicraft distilleries united under the leadership of the industrialist David Saradzhev began to produce the first cognacs. The components of success were the knowledge gained by Saradzhev in France, and the experience that local winemakers already had in making Kizlyarka grape vodka. Aging distillates in Caucasian oak barrels endowed the drink with a unique bouquet of aromas, which was soon appreciated at foreign exhibitions.

Vladimir Grigoryants, who headed the company in the difficult years after the anti-alcohol campaign, played an important role in the modern history of KKZ. By the beginning of the XNUMXst century, production was restored, the enterprise continued to increase its capacity and expand sales markets, entering the international arena.

At the end of 2016, Japanese businessmen became interested in the products of Kizlyar winemakers. They visited the factory in order to assess its investment potential on the spot and consider the possibility of supplying cognacs to the market of their country.

Awards

The company’s products have received many prestigious awards, including the prestigious Golden Galaxy (USA) and Golden Palm (France) awards.

International professional competition of wines and spirits:

2003 – Grand Prix (OS “Peter the Great” 25 years);
2004 – Grand Prix (OS “Moscow Yubileiny” 25 years), 6 gold (KV “Lezginka” 6 years, KVVK “Bronze Horseman” 8 years, CS “Russia” 15 years, CS “Kizlyarsky holiday” 17 years, OS ” Bagration” 20 years old, OS “Peter the Great” 25 years old), 5 silver medals;
2005 – Grand Prix (OS “Peter the Great”), 6 gold (CS “Dagestan”, CS “Kizlyar”, CS “Russia”, CS “Kizlyar holiday”, KVVK “Bronze Horseman”, OS “Bagration”) and 4 silver medals;
2006 – 3 gold (CS “Kizlyarsky holiday”, CS “Russia”, OS “Peter the Great”) medals;
2007 – Big gold medal and Grand Prix (OS “Peter the Great”), 2 gold (CS “Russia”, OS “Bagration”) medals;
2008 – Big gold (OS “Peter the Great”), gold (CS “Dagestan”) and silver (Cognac “Five Stars”) medals;
2013 – 2 Grand Prix (OS “Imperator”, OS “Sarajev”), 3 gold (CS “Russia”, CS “Dagestan”, CS “Kizlyar”) medals;
2015 – 2 Grand Prix (CS “Russia”, OS “Peter the Great”), 2 gold (KV “Lezginka”, Cognac “Five Stars”) medals;
2016 – Grand Prix (OS “Peter the Great”), 2 gold (CS “Dagestan”, OS “Emperor of All Russia”) medals.
Tasting competition at the international exhibition “Prodexpo”, Moscow:
2016 – Grand Prix (OS “Peter the Great”), 3 gold medals (OS “Bagration”, CS “Russia”, CS “Kizlyar”) medals;
2017 – Grand Prix (OS “Bagration”), medal “Star of Prodexpo” (OS “Peter the Great”), 3 gold (CS “Russia”, CS “Dagestan”, CS “Kizlyar”) medals.

Competition “The best product on the Russian market”:

2001 – Gold medal and victory in the nomination.

International Forum “Beverage Industry”:

2005 – Grand Prix (COP “Russia” 15 years).

International exhibition of drinks “Vino-Vodka”, Sochi:

2008 – Grand Prix (OS “Peter the Great”), 4 gold (OS “Bagration”, CS “Russia”, CS “Dagestan”, CS “Kizlyar”) medals.

Interesting Facts

Starting in 2014, the government plans to sell the Kizlyar brandy factory, which is opposed by its workers and residents of the city. However, the enterprise is included in the privatization program for 2017-2019.

In the spring of 2017, KKZ presented its products at the international exhibition “VINITALY-2017” in Verona. The Russian exposition was deployed for the first time in the history of this specialized forum.

State Unitary Enterprise “Kizlyar Cognac Factory” defended in court its rights to the trademark “Lezginka”. Despite the fact that the products of the plant with this name have been on the market for many years, VKZ Dagvino CJSC tried to register a similar trademark. Three years of litigation ended with a decision in favor of the KPC.

How to distinguish a fake

The plant is often faced with the unfortunate fact of the appearance of counterfeit products on the market. The fight against piracy is carried out by complicating the design, adding holographic degrees of protection. The manufacturer’s website provides external characteristics by which you can distinguish a fake from the original Lezginka cognac:

the top of the bottle is engraved with an oval medallion with the numbers “1885”;
the name of the cognac and the framing of the portrait of Bagration are made using relief stamping technology, which provides a relief;
the label has a varnish coating;
production date and batch number are marked on the neck of the bottle by laser marking;
on the bottom, the brand of the manufacturer of glass containers is easily distinguishable.

Types of cognac

Lezginka KV 6 years, 40%

The brand’s most recognizable brandy, produced since 1963. The bouquet is a harmonious balance of tannins and freshness, fruitiness and spice. In taste, the main role belongs to the sweetish shades of ripe peach, raisined grapes, apricot jam. The finish is warm and long, with hints of vanilla chocolate. Increased consumer demand for the drink leads to the emergence of counterfeit goods on the market. In order to avoid acquiring a fake, it is worth checking the authenticity of the federal special mark on the manufacturer’s website.

Kizlyar CS 10 years, 40%

Cognac was named after the city where the history of Russian cognac business began. The blend recipe was developed in 1959, made from spirits that have reached at least 10 years of age. The bouquet is rich in tones of ripe apricots, lychees, linden honey. The taste is noticeably oily and enveloping, with hints of truffle sweets, grape seed, vanilla. The bottle is decorated with a portrait of the hero of the Patriotic War of 1812, the famous general of the Russian army Pyotr Bagration, who is a native of Kizlyar.

«Dagestan» KS 13 years, 40%

The cognac recipe was created in 1967 for the 50th anniversary of Dagestan, distillates aged for an average of 13 years were used for blending. It features a rich and layered bouquet that combines the aromas of a blossoming orchard with nutty notes. Scrolling the glass makes more noticeable shades of figs, prunes, dates. The taste is full-bodied, oily, slightly burning. In the finish, tones of herbal balm, juniper berries, white pepper are felt.

“Russia” KS 15 years, 40%

Vintage cognac, blended from spirits with an aging period of at least 15 years. Thanks to its outstanding taste, it won numerous victories at tasting competitions and exhibitions, and also acquired the honorary status of a protocol drink of the Moscow Kremlin. The aromatic bouquet is saturated with the smells of lily of the valley, violet, grapevine. After standing in a glass, cognac reveals new shades: expensive port wine, dried prunes, peanuts. The taste is perfectly structured, sweetness and pronounced woody-balsamic notes are felt. Best of all, cognac manifests itself as a digestif, it can also be supplemented with an expensive cigar.

“Bagration” OS 20 years, 40%

Cognac category “very old” is named after a native of Kizlyar – the hero of the Patriotic War of 1812 Pyotr Bagration. The blend is made from spirits aged for at least 20 years in barrels made of young Adyghe and hundred-year-old Caucasian oak. Cognac, harmonious in terms of aroma-taste-aftertaste ratio, has won many awards, including the British Certificate of the Highest Quality of Alcoholic Beverages. The bouquet successively reveals woody and chocolate-vanilla notes with increasing tones of saffiano leather, lacquered wood and nutmeg. On the palate, the leading theme of dried fruits is replaced by a warming spicy aftertaste.