This section is from the book "Beverages And Their Adulteration Origin, Composition, Manufacture, Natural, Artificial, Fermented, Distilled, Alkaloidal And Fruit Juices", by Harvey W. Wiley. Also available from Amazon: Beverages And Their Adulteration.
The following compounds have been obtained from brandy 25 years old by Ordonneau, a French chemist:
Normal propyl alcohol;
Normal butyl alcohol;
Amyl alcohol;
Hexyl alcohol;
Heptyl alcohol;
Ethyl acetate;
Ethyl propionate, butyrate, and caproate;
Oenanthic ether;
Aldehyde;
Acetal;
Amines.
 
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