Excellence Hors-d'age Grande Champagne Saunier Jean-Claude Cognac

Tasting notes :

Colour : mahogany with orange highlights.

Nose : complex, with an initial mentholated note. This gives way to pronounced notes of prune and candied fruit, enhanced by a hint of rancio and a nutty undertone.

Palate : balanced, straightforward and powerful. The flavour profile develops into notes of spices, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg.

Finish : exceptionally long, with spicy notes.

Grape variety : Ugni blanc.

Cru : Grande Champagne, 1st of the Cognac AOC. Limestone slopes.

Ageing :  47 years in French oak barrels, alternating between damp and dry cellars.