L'ESSENTIEL A45 Marancheville

This bottle of cognac starts off with plenty of oaky wood at the beginning, but later switches to a spicy flavor then to a fruity taste and then back to oaky wood and spice again. There is a certain freshness for cognac this old along with a dryness that I have only experienced in younger cognacs....

Loads of oak, vanilla and butterscotch. Boarders a touches of peat, almost scotch-like. Lots going on here.

A vatting of three small casks of 60l each, made out of old staves, so do not expect anything bombastically oaky as they do north of Hadrian's wall. The house usually sell their fillings to some large cognac house and only keep a tiny proportion for their own fillings. Let's see if we need to thank...

Tasting this mini bottle of cognac led me to buying a 70 cl bottle - I am looking forward to taste it with friends in the near future.

This is a very interesting cognac, you need to spend time on. It is quite dark, at first a bit shy on the nose. After some time you will find tones of orange, some pastry and some wood. It is quite delicate in the mouth with both spices and fruit. The finish is also rich on spices. This is an interesting...

Nose: immediately sweet spices such as nutmeg, pan brioche or panettone (Italian Christmas cake, from the Lombardy region). It continues with citrus and exotic fruit, jam but also quince. Lastly, a slight hint of wood. Mouth: surprisingly very fresh but also dry, followed by savory and spicy despite...

Produced from three 60L Mini Casks (Just under 15 gallon), and aged for 45YR with no additives and non-chill filtered. Initially on the nose, I’m blown away by the youthfulness and freshness of the fruit given its age and the size of the casks!! A lovely fruit bowl of fresh oranges, peaches, with...

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...