Serge Valentin
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It’s very cheerful, frisky, lifted and aromatic in just the right measure
Here comes a fully organic Petite Champagne, which remains a rare thing indeed in vintages over twenty-five years old. Colour: golden amber. Nose: this is very different from the older Cognacs we’ve just been tasting, being both more floral and more herbaceous, with a livelier tension and perha...
Incredible in its simplicity, compactness, and what can only be described as seduction
Take note, it seems this 1979 baby spent its entire life in cask, most likely an ultra-refill one, in a hot and dry environment, judging by the astonishing bottling strength. And Bons Bois can be refreshingly unvarnished, so let’s not dally... Colour: golden amber. Nose: sacrebleu! My British f...
It’s almost as if we already knew what to expect in our wee tasting glass
Pure ugni blanc here. This baby has just been released, but we know that Pouchégu—another now-defunct estate—produced magnificent things, so it’s almost as if we already knew what to expect in our wee tasting glass. Colour: red amber. Nose: very well integrated, on stewed and preserved yel...
It’s an amusing sensation
Colour: deep gold. Nose: the exact opposite of the previous one, because even if this baby is multi-vintage, we’re in the realm of precision here, of near-simplicity – this is almost Bauhaus cognac. Chamomile, very ripe vineyard peaches, heather honey, and that’s it. All right then, let’s...
A mighty beast!
Ugni blanc and full maturation in wood. We tasted a sister bottling last year and it was sublime (WF 91). Colour: amber. Nose: this is pure fudge, mixed with pistachio nougat, the whole bound with toasted sesame oil laced with a touch of orange peel essential oil. So, what are we listening to fro...