Jean Fillioux XO Grande Reserve Cognac

I like the classic packaging and presentation of the cardboard box, the contents are pretty much the best I have ever ordered from Cognac Expert. As soon as you open the bottle, you are surprised by a variety of flavours that is second to none. In my opinion, a successful combination of stone fruit...

Balanced. Earthy. Rancio, oak, oak spice. Some leather. Mineralic. Not overly woody. Distinct trace of meatiness. Une touche de fumée. Dry stone fruit, figs, dates, behind the oak. Sweet almonds, faintly. Candied orange peels, lemons, lime, fresh. Grape soda, cola gummies, and the trademark...

To my taste this Cognac delivers notes of dried apricot, peaches,orange zest.,nuts, dark chocolate, maple syrup, cinnamon, cedarwood, rancio, tobacco, a lot of oak and I think black tea..i find it extremely drinkable smooth a kind of juice.. Perfect for after a good dinner with a fine cuban cigar!

Tasted from a sample of the Advent Calendar: Beautiful amber colour with golden highlights. Fine nose with dried orange peels and ripe, sweet oranges. On the palate quite a lot of spices, dried bitter-oranges with the full body of well integrated alcohol of 44%. Long spicy finish. Fine XO Cognac...

BOUQUET: Oak, Semi Sweet, Menthol TASTE: Semi Sweet, Oak, Mild Spice, Butter, Rancio FINISH: Wonderful Lingering Semi Sweet, Dry

Deeper amber with rose gold highlights. Floral, overripe blooms. Complex, wonderful plethora of flavors, fruit and spice. Dramatic finish, firey then mellowing.

Jean Fillioux offers some of the most elegant and harmonic cognacs available today. This cognac was launched not so long ago and has gotten very little attention. I wonder why. This is a beautiful cognac, a bit reserved on the nose, but you find some very nice citrus tones and hints of dried fruit....