MAP Wine And Brandy Factory
History
The Hoktemberian Wine and Brandy Factory was founded in 1942 as a state-owned enterprise of the Soviet Armenian government.
After the privatization of the factory in 1995, the winery was turned into an open joint-stock company. In 2001, the company was incorporated into a closed joint-stock company.
As of 2016, the factory has an annual production capacity 14 million liters, based on French and German technologies.
Products and brands
Currently, the factory produces wine, fruit wine and Armenian brandy.
A variety of red and white wine is produced by the MAP winery, mainly under the brand Aramé. The Aramé brand includes red and white semisweet vintage wine as well as wine derived from the Muscat, Saperavi and Areni grapes. The Aramé Grand Reserve is a special edition of red and white dry aged wine. The winery also produces Tigran red dry wine, and Hasmik red semisweet wine.
Fruit semisweet wine is also produced by MAP winery including, pomegranate, strawberry, cherry, quince, plum, dogwood, raspberry and blackberry.
MAP is famous for its Armenian brandy collection of Saint Grigor 30 and 50 years old, Paruyr Sevak 40 years old, Makar 25 and 30 years old, Aramé 20 and 30 years old, Golden 25 years old, Ashot Erkat 22 years old, and Mashtots 15 years old. Other cognac brands include Golden Classic 3, 5, 7 and 10 years old, Anahit 10 years old, Gyumri and Arshak II 7 years old, Aramé 3 and 5 years old, Armavir 5 years old, and Armina 3, 5, 7, 10, 15 and 20 years old.
Gallery
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MAP factory
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MAP vineyards in Armavir
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Cellars at the MAP winery
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Wine cellars
References
- ^ MAP Company
- ^ "Aramé form MAP company". Archived from the original on 2016-11-26. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
- ^ MAP CJSC
External links
- Official website
- Official website Archived 2016-11-26 at the Wayback Machine