Taylor C.

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Bio:

French wine, and the concept of terroir, captured my interest early on. Naturally, curiosity took me to spirits, in particular Cognac. Today I'm proud to be a member of the Cognac Expert team managing B2B projects, working on Cognac Expert Originals, and writing bottle reviews for the English Blog. I love to taste anything and everything - rum/rhum, whisky(ey), Armagnac, etc. - but no other spirit grabs my attention quite like Cognac, and all of its subtleties and nuance. Santé !

L'ESSENTIEL A45 Marancheville

Erakordne 92 /100

Nose: The nose is a crystal clear and clean nose. It smells as only a mature Grande Champagne can smell. My nose picks up orange marmalade (confiture orange amère in French), stewed yellow peaches, slice of juicy ripe fresh mango - so a healthy does of fruit, but I struggle to determine if the fruit is more fresh fruit or more candied fruit. Then come the non-fruit notes: leather and sandalwood essential oil, clean fragrant sweet woods. There is a nice warming spice mix too. There seems to be an interesting tug of war between maturity and freshness, with freshness having the upper hand. This is surprising given the age of the Cognac. After a good amount of air time, a creamy chocolate note appears.

Palate: The first impression in the mouth is that the Cognac is chiseled and fresh. It's undoubtedly a mature Cognac but with a youthfulness that remains intact. Mouth-filling. There is a good balance between fruit, wood, and spice - creating an enhanced feeling of complexity. In the mouth the fruit seems more candied: orange marmalade, peach candy (Jolly Rancher), apricot jam. The oak impact of the three 60L casks is noticeable, but the fruit notes and fresh personality prevent the Cognac from having too strong of an oak signature. There is a nice dose of spices that lift everything and add to the complexity of the Cognac.

Finish: Very clean and direct. Persistent. The finish is driven by spices and soft earthy wood notes. There is a closing note of menthol. It's a very easy and pleasant Cognac to taste.

Having been able to taste Marancheville's XO and Lot N°14/45, I can say that this fits nicely between the two but with some similar personality traits - let's call it a Marancheville DNA. I'm struck at how the Cognac dances the delicate dance between maturity and freshness. That is, one knows he or she is smelling and tasting something quite old, but some of the aromas and flavors of youth remain perfectly intact. The Grande Champagne does this so well with age.

And, in case there is any fear that the 60L casks exerted themselves too much, it really just does not turn out to be the case. Fun Cognac and a welcome addition to the range.

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Maitse

Puit 6/10

Spice 6/10

Puuviljad 7/10

Lill 2/10

Pudelite / pakendite disain 4/5

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Väärtus raha eest 4/5

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