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Paul Beau
Michel and Colette Laurichesse
18 rue Millardet – BP 17
16130 Segonzac
Tel: +33 545 83 40 18
michel.laurichesse@wanadoo.fr
VSOP: clean floral nose with a little rancio, long, but a trifle
woody.
Vieille Réserve: long and complex but a little hard on the
finish.
*Hors d’Age Vieille GC: 43°, complex brandy with rancio,
overtones of eucalyptus, exotic fruits and spice and a long
finish.
*Extra Vieille Borderies: the family sold their Borderies
vineyard in 1964 so all of the constituents are at least 45
years old. The real McCoy. Rich fruit and nut chocolate very
dense and long.
1906: all spices and candied fruits in an endlessly complex
cognac.
Jan Bertelsen
VSOP Prelude 8: young, fresh floral nose, a little short.
XO Symphonie 13: rich, some rancio.
Extra Orchestra 23: 42°, rich, floral, long.
Bertrand
SARL Bertrand & Fils Reaux
12 rue Les Brissons
17500 Reaux
Tel: +33 546 48 09 03
VSOP 15+: good floral/fruity nose slightly hot and
alcoholic but good fruit.
Napoleon 20–23: rich rancio nose, nutty but a trifle
leathery and woody.
Vieille Réserve 20–30: dark apricot, nice round rancio but
also fresh.
XO: slightly heavy but very long, fruity and chocolatey.
Petite Champagne: 30%, delicious despite some sugar and
caramel.
Bisquit Dubouché
90 Boulevard de Paris
16100 Cognac
Tel: +33 545 83 10 83
VS: light colour, clean fresh nose, clean and floral on the
palate.
VSOP: again, light clean and floral, long but some burn.
Prestige: for the Far East. Richer – and silkier – than the
others.
XO: deeper on the nose with some spice and long, thanks
to older brandies.
Roger Blanleuil (C du C)
Chez Beillard
16300 Criteuil la Magdeleine
Tel: +33 545 80 52 01
*VSOP: light colour, light floral nose, elegant like a superior
Fins Bois.
*XO: good rancio, a very civilised and buttery digestif.
Boissons de Laage
Domaines de Boissons de Laage
17500 Reaux
Tel: +33 546 48 09 03
cognac@cognac-bertrand.com