Cognac Banchereau Hor's d'Age (40 year old) 40% Cognac

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Chris Goodrum (Gauntleys)

Tasted: Dec 2011
A clean and quite mineral laced nose of light toffee coated orange/ Satsuma along with hints of brown sugar and honey. A beautifully deep, yet delicate and elegant dried fruit rancio, which is supplemented by some sweet plum and date notes. Gentle cinnamon and light sandalwood float in along with a touch of perfume. A stunningly mellow, mature and rich nose.

Like the nose the palate open with a clean minerality, which gives a vibrant edge to the dried fruit as it mingles seamlessly with mature honey and alcohol soaked sultanas with a hint of citrus rind. Beautifully soft spices emerge on the middle. Extremely mouth filling but surprisingly light on its feet. Just like the Grande Champagne XO there is plenty of sweet almond and vanilla oak notes on the finish, but there is no bittering out of the finish as the warming, sweet semi-dried plum and cherry notes remerge as does the minerality. Wonderfully elegant and amazingly long.