COGNAC: VERY SUPERIOR : VS
A label on bottles of Armagnac and Cognac indicating that the youngest brandy in the brand is at least 4.5 years old, although many of the brandies used in the blend are 5-9 years old. Often read as "VS" Human Age: (13 yrs. - 25 yrs. old), can also mean "very single", and if you were picked as a grape, "very sour" still; needs a bit more structure and disciplining to become "gold". The beginnings of worldliness and the ego, like when yeast poofs up dough. Start of ferment in beliefs and core values in life and career.

COGNAC: VERY SUPERIOR OLD: VSO (25-40)
1. A label on bottles of Armagnac and Cognac indicating that the youngest brandy in the brand is al least 4.5 years old, although many of the brandies used in the blend are 12-17 years old. Often read as "VSO".
2. A label on bottles of brandy indicating that the brandy has aged for 12-17 years in a wooden cask. Often read as "VSO". Human Age: (25 yrs. - 40 yrs. old), ahhh...travelers on the road to perfection; "volunteers to something or other"; "virile-sexy-omnicompetent", the first million pesos may be earned at this age, and when it does...one simultaneously gets superior and old...very!

COGNAC: VERY SUPERIOR OLD PALE: VSOP (40-60)
A label on bottles of Armagnac and Cognac indicating that the youngest brandy in the brand is al least 4.5 years old, although many of the brandies used in the blend are 12-20 years old. Often read as "VSOP" Human Age: (40 yrs. old to 60 yrs. old); must be drunk or must be forgotten, settlement of sediment; "V"ery-(un)young; "S"uperior-change that to-senior; "O"ld-as in gold when one gets to be 50; "P"ale-not as much "kick" as one used to have, less spicy and colored, also things look pale without one's bifocals.

COGNAC: VERY VERY SUPERIOR OLD PALE: VVSOP
A label on bottles of Armagnac and Cognac indicating that the youngest brandy in the brand is al least 5.5 years old, although many of the brandies used in the blend are 12-20 years old. Often read as "VVSOP" Human Age: (60 yrs. old and above); it's time to get noticed or be relegated to a permanent place in the family "cabinet"...just for display...like a museum piece...a living relic? Free rides, movies and popcorn! VVSOP is not to be mistaken as a D.O.M.