Cognac_directory_FINAL

Monnet
16 Quai de l’Orangerie
16200 Jarnac
Tel: +33 545 35 59 59
info@monnetcognac.com
XO: a little rancio and very agreeable. Good value.
Logis de Montifaud
16130 Salles d’Angles
Tel: +33 545 83 67 45
info@logis-montifuad.com
Mounier
(see Unicoop)
Moyet
62 rue de l’Industrie BP 106
16104 Cognac
Tel: +33 545 82 04 53
Cognac des Fins Bois: nice, floral nose, elegant, spring
flowers on the palate though some brûle.
FC VSOP: delightful cognac, well above the average VSOP
chocolatey with a little rancio – unusual in a VSOP and due
to some age.
Cognac de Petite Champagne: agreeable florality.
Cognac Fine Champagne: rather heavy, not as delicate or
elegant as the firm’s other offerings.
*Cognac des Borderies: 43%, the real nutty stuff, tastes over
20 years old.
Cognac Fine Champagne XO: 35ish y/o, round, fat oily
nose with real chocolatey rancio.
They also always have a number of special lots on offer
that are well worth tasting.
Normandin-Mercier
Château de la Péraudière
17139 Dompierre
Tel: +33 546 68 00 65
Cognac.normandin-mercier@wanadoo.fr
Fine Petite Champagne: elegant nose, slight burn on end
but very persistent light fruit.
Très Vieille Grande Champagne: elegant, round, long with
aromas of flowers, hints of fruit develop with time, magic
palate of considerable length.
Petite Champagne Vieille: rich aromas, dry, finesse, touch
of spice, pleasant rancio, hints of curry, tobacco and jams and
jellies, very long.
Ordonneau (BC)
Domaine de la Grolette
16370 Cherves Richemont
Tel: +33 545 83 80 37
cognacordonneau.com
Borderies: 25–30 y/o, very clean with overtones of hazelnut
toffee.
*Grande Vieille: the epitome of all that is nutty and spicy
about the region’s cognac, a miracle of complexity; rich,
nutty, leathery.
Otard
Château de Cognac
127 Boulevard Denfert-Rochereau
16101 Cognac
Tel: +33 545 82 40 00
Napoleon: not well balanced.
XO: excellent round commercial cognac.
XO 55%: excellent concentration and while naturally rather