Hardy Noces d'Or Grande Champagne konyak

The nose is like having a cocoa dusted cappuccino in a Starbucks, with bunches of violets on the counter. Plenty more chocolate on the palate alongside cherry menthol sweets. The intensity of the cherry grows and merges with some tobacco in a really stylish way. More super stuff from Hardy.

Tasted from a sample of the Advent Calendar: Dark golden colour. On the nose dried orange-peels, spices (cinnamon, cloves) and chocolate. Fine and elegant on the palate; sweet dried cherries, fine old oak and spices again. The finish long, elegant and smooth.

Gorgeous reddish amber. Floral perfume with growing complexity. Full bodied and well balanced, just a little sweet, hints of grape and oak, wonderful with chocolate. Complexity lingers on for a nice finish.

BOUQUET: Rancio, Sweet, Dark Cherry, Caramel TASTE: Rancio, Semi Sweet, Spice FINISH: Lingering Spice, Short Citrus, Dry

This is a blend of 50 year old Grande Champagne. I have tasted it many times before, and for a long time this was one of the absolute best cognac deals in Norway. Now the price has increased, so it is not such a good buy anymore. This cognac has a quite dark golden color and is a bit reserved on...