Distiller Notes
Eight to ten years old. The first eight months are spent in new oak. Notes of vine leaf in the nose, which leans toward dried flowers.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Luscious brown sugar, vanilla, cocoa, hazelnut and lots of oak lead this Cognac on nose and palate, which winds into a long, drying, fairly hot finish spiced with clove. Fine Petite Champagne region. Blend of 8–10 year old brandies.
Widely regarded as the finest and most complex grape-based spirit in the world, Cognac follows rigorously strict production guidelines. It is made exclusively of wine—most commonly from Ugni Blanc—from the Charente and Charente-Maritime regions surrounding the town of Cognac in southwestern France. After a second distillation in antique copper pot stills (called charentais), the spirit is transferred to French oak barrels and aged a minimum of two years (VS). Cognac is classified by both age and region (Cru). The Grande Champagne Cru and Petite Champagne Cru, both having shallow limestone soils, are the most respected.