Serge Valentin

54 reviews · avg 88/100

They would give you a lot of data, such as the fact that the vines are located in Nonaville, that this is pure ugni blanc, that the oak came from forêt de Tronçais, and that the house is located in Poulignac. Colour: gold. Nose: fresh and really very fruity. We're wandering throughout a large orchard around the month of august, while smoking a small pipe and sipping a double expresso. Various plums in there, greengages, damsons, the usual mirabelles, the no-less usual peaches, melons… Mouth: no ideas if that's the Tronçais oak but I'm finding rather a lot of liquorice, plus a little sandalwood, then all those fruits, with a lovely freshness. Plums running the show, peaches and ripe apples being strong contenders, both as fresh fruits and as puréed fruits and jams. You could pour a few drops of this fresh young cognac in some champagne and come up with a nice variation on a Bellini. You could call that 'champagne petite champagne'. Finish: medium, fresh, on more stewed orchard fruits. Liquorice again in the aftertaste, plus some minerality (chalk). Comments: excellent young cognac, with some kind of verticality.