{"title":"Cognac \u0026 Brandy","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eCognac from Grande Champagne, the chalky heart of the region, led by the family house of Frapin, from VSOP and XO to rare aged and vintage bottlings.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"etienne-brana-poire-william-700ml-nv","title":"Etienne Brana Poire William 700mL NV","description":"\u003cp\u003eEtienne Brana Poire William is a pear eau-de-vie from the French Basque country, in the far south west of France.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Brana family is based at Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port in the Basque Pyrenees, where Etienne Brana established a distillery and later replanted vineyards in the Irouleguy appellation, helping to revive winegrowing in a corner of France where it had almost disappeared. The Poire William is made from Williams pears, which are fermented and then distilled; it takes a great quantity of fruit to fill a single bottle, which is why good pear eau-de-vie has always been an expensive thing to make. Unlike a brandy it is not matured in wood, being rested in neutral vessels instead, and it belongs to the long tradition of fruit distilling found across the Pyrenees, Alsace and the Alps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eServe chilled in a small glass after a meal, or poured over poached fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Eau-de-Vie \/ Basque Country \/ Etienne Brana","offer_id":44030286790715,"sku":"BRAPOI70","price":172.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/etienne-brana-poire-william-700ml-nv.png?v=1787318260"},{"product_id":"torres-jaime-1-gift-box-700ml-nv","title":"Torres Jaime 1 Gift Box 700mL NV","description":"\u003cp\u003eTorres Jaime 1 Gift Box is the top brandy in the Torres range, distilled in Catalonia and presented in a gift carton.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Torres family, based at Vilafranca del Penedès since 1870, has distilled brandy for almost as long as it has made wine, working from base wine made with Parellada, the white grape that also underpins much of Catalan sparkling wine. The spirit is distilled in copper pot stills and then matured by the solera method, in which barrels are arranged in tiers and a portion is drawn from the oldest for bottling and replaced from the tier above, so that every bottle carries a fraction of much older spirit. Jaime I sits at the summit of that system and is named for King James I of Aragon, the thirteenth century monarch who looms large in Catalan history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBest served neat at room temperature in a tulip glass after dinner, with coffee or dark chocolate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Brandy \/ Catalonia \/ Torres","offer_id":44031713706043,"sku":"TORJAM6","price":204.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/torres-jaime-1-gift-box-700ml-nv.png?v=1787318545"},{"product_id":"ragnaud-sabourin-florilege-700ml-nv","title":"Ragnaud Sabourin Florilège 700mL NV","description":"\u003cp\u003eRagnaud Sabourin Florilège is a Cognac from Grande Champagne, the innermost and most prized of the region's six crus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Ragnaud-Sabourin estate sits at Ambleville, in the chalk country south of the town of Cognac, where Grande Champagne's soft, water retentive soils are held to give eaux-de-vie the greatest capacity to age. It is one of a small number of Grande Champagne growers who farm, distil, age and bottle everything themselves rather than selling spirit on to the big houses, and it has a long standing reputation for bottling without the caramel, sugar or oak infusions the appellation permits. Florilège is the oldest expression in the range, drawn from very old reserves held in the family cellars and matured for decades in Limousin oak. Spirit of this age is brought down to bottling strength gradually, over years rather than at the last moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eServe neat at room temperature in a tulip glass rather than a balloon, without ice, and give it a few minutes in the glass after pouring.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Cognac \/ Cognac \/ Ragnaud-Sabourin","offer_id":44031874564155,"sku":"RAGFLO6","price":462.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/ragnaud-sabourin-florilege-700ml-nv.png?v=1787318410"},{"product_id":"ragnaud-sabourin-fontvieille-n-35-700ml-nv","title":"Ragnaud Sabourin Fontvieille N°35 700mL NV","description":"\u003cp\u003eRagnaud Sabourin Fontvieille N°35 is a long aged Grande Champagne Cognac from a single family estate at Ambleville.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGrande Champagne is the first cru of Cognac, a band of soft chalk south of the town planted overwhelmingly to Ugni Blanc, with older parcels of Folle Blanche and Colombard surviving on estates that value them. Ragnaud-Sabourin farms, distils and ages its own production, and its numbered bottlings step up in age through the range rather than serving as marketing tiers. Fontvieille sits well beyond the minimum ageing the XO category requires. The base wine is made without chaptalisation, as the appellation demands, distilled twice in copper alembic stills and matured in Limousin oak in the estate cellars, where humidity governs how the spirit concentrates over time. Nothing is added to adjust colour or sweetness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eServe neat at room temperature in a tulip glass after dinner; stored upright and away from light, an opened bottle keeps well.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Cognac \/ Cognac \/ Ragnaud-Sabourin","offer_id":44031884722235,"sku":"RAGFON6","price":376.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/ragnaud-sabourin-fontvieille-n-35-700ml-nv.png?v=1787318410"},{"product_id":"ragnaud-sabourin-reserve-speciale-no-20-700ml-nv","title":"Ragnaud Sabourin Réserve Spéciale No. 20 700mL NV","description":"\u003cp\u003eRagnaud Sabourin Réserve Spéciale No. 20 is a Grande Champagne Cognac from an estate that grows, distils and ages everything it sells.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmbleville lies in the middle of Grande Champagne, the innermost cru of Cognac, where the chalk subsoil holds water through dry summers and is credited with producing eaux-de-vie that reward very long ageing. Ragnaud-Sabourin works with Ugni Blanc together with Folle Blanche, the older variety that dominated the region before phylloxera and is now rare. The wine is distilled twice in copper alembic stills, then aged in Limousin oak casks in the family cellars, where the humidity of the chai governs how the spirit concentrates over the years. The numbered bottlings ascend in age through the range, and the house does not use caramel, sugar or oak extracts to adjust what comes out of the barrel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBest served neat at room temperature in a tulip glass after dinner, without ice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Cognac \/ Cognac \/ Ragnaud-Sabourin","offer_id":44031884820539,"sku":"RAGRES6","price":227.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/ragnaud-sabourin-reserve-speciale-no-20-700ml-nv.png?v=1787318410"},{"product_id":"ragnaud-sabourin-vsop-selection-du-domaine-no-10-700ml-nv","title":"Ragnaud Sabourin VSOP Selection Du Domaine No. 10 700mL NV","description":"\u003cp\u003eRagnaud Sabourin VSOP Selection Du Domaine No. 10 is a Grande Champagne Cognac made entirely from the estate's own vines at Ambleville.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVSOP is a legal category requiring the youngest eau-de-vie in the blend to have spent at least four years in oak, and most houses meet that and no more; the numbered bottlings at Ragnaud-Sabourin sit above the minimum. Grande Champagne, the cru surrounding the estate, is the most chalk dominated of Cognac's six growing zones, and its spirits are the slowest to mature and the longest lived. Ugni Blanc is picked early at modest sugar levels, fermented without chaptalisation as the appellation requires, and distilled twice in copper pot stills before ageing in Limousin oak. The house has long declined to use caramel or sugar to standardise its releases from one bottling to the next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eServe neat at room temperature after a meal, or use it where a good Cognac is called for in mixed drinks.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Cognac \/ Cognac \/ Ragnaud-Sabourin","offer_id":44031884886075,"sku":"RAGVSOP6","price":171.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/ragnaud-sabourin-vsop-selection-du-domaine-no-10-700ml-nv.png?v=1787318410"},{"product_id":"ragnaud-sabourin-xo-extra-no-25-700ml-nv","title":"Ragnaud Sabourin XO Extra No. 25 700mL NV","description":"\u003cp\u003eRagnaud Sabourin XO Extra No. 25 is a long matured Cognac from Grande Champagne, grown, distilled and aged on a single family property.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eXO now requires a minimum of ten years in wood, a threshold raised from six in 2018, and the older bottlings in this range go well past it. The estate lies at Ambleville in Grande Champagne, the first of Cognac's crus, where deep chalk gives thin, sharp base wine that distils into spirit of unusual staying power. Ugni Blanc, with a proportion of Folle Blanche, is fermented without chaptalisation, as the appellation requires, and distilled twice in copper alembics before ageing in Limousin oak, moving from more active casks to older, more neutral wood as the years pass. Nothing is added to adjust colour or sweetness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eServe neat at room temperature in a tulip glass after dinner; it needs no ice, and repays a few minutes standing in the glass.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Cognac \/ Cognac \/ Ragnaud-Sabourin","offer_id":44031885017147,"sku":"RAGXO6","price":346.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/ragnaud-sabourin-xo-extra-no-25-700ml-nv.png?v=1787318412"},{"product_id":"ragnaud-sabourin-paradis-heritage-g-briand-500ml-nv","title":"Ragnaud-Sabourin Paradis Héritage G. Briand 500mL NV","description":"\u003cp\u003eRagnaud-Sabourin Paradis Héritage G. Briand is a very old cognac from Grande Champagne, the first growth of the Cognac region.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRagnaud-Sabourin is a family estate at Ambleville, in the heart of Grande Champagne, and works only with its own vineyards, distilling and ageing everything on the property rather than buying in spirit. Grande Champagne is the innermost of Cognac's six crus, and its soft chalk soils are prized for eaux-de-vie that need decades in oak before they are ready. Paradis takes its name from the paradis itself, the sealed cellar where a house keeps its oldest reserves in glass demijohns, out of contact with wood so that they stop evolving and simply wait. Bottlings at this level are drawn from small reserves laid down by earlier generations of the family, and are released in tiny quantities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eServe at room temperature in a tulip glass, without ice, at the end of a meal.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Cognac \/ Cognac \/ Ragnaud-Sabourin","offer_id":44031897763899,"sku":"RAGPAR506","price":2508.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/ragnaud-sabourin-paradis-heritage-g-briand-500ml-nv.png?v=1787318412"},{"product_id":"cognac-tesseron-lot-29-xo-exception-700ml","title":"Cognac Tesseron Lot 29 XO Exception 700ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eLot 29 XO Exception is Tesseron's original release, a blend of Grande Champagne cognacs drawn from stocks laid down from the 1920s and earlier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCognac is distilled twice in copper pot stills from thin, high-acid white wine, and Grande Champagne, the innermost of the region's six crus, has the chalkiest soils and yields the eaux-de-vie that reward the longest ageing. The Tesseron family made its name as buyers and keepers of old stock rather than as a commercial house, and Lot 29 is the cornerstone of the collection: a blend built on distillations begun in the 1920s, with a proportion from 1905 and 1906, aged in cask across three generations of the family. Unusually for a modern cognac, the blend includes some Colombard and Folle Blanche alongside the standard Ugni Blanc; both were widely planted before phylloxera and are now rarities. Long cask ageing in a damp cellar is what produces the rancio character these old lots are prized for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReady to drink and stable in bottle for years once opened. Serve neat at room temperature in a tulip glass, after dinner or with dark chocolate and walnuts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Cognac \/ Cognac \/ Cognac Tesseron","offer_id":44038110675003,"sku":"6161-700","price":1086.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/cognac-tesseron-lot-29-xo-exception-700ml.png?v=1787581943"},{"product_id":"cognac-tesseron-composition-700ml","title":"Cognac Tesseron Composition 700ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eComposition is Tesseron's first release below XO level, made with no added colour so its hue comes entirely from the older material in the blend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCognac is made by distilling a tart, low-alcohol white wine twice in copper pot stills and ageing the spirit in French oak. The Tesseron family built its reputation on holding deep reserves of old Grande Champagne eaux-de-vie, and this bottling is an attempt to bring that house character to a younger, more accessible blend. Ugni Blanc is the base variety, as it is for almost all cognac. What sets Composition apart in a crowded price bracket is the refusal to use caramel colouring, standard practice elsewhere: the bright amber tone comes from the proportion of older spirit carried in the blend. The result keeps the vinous, textural quality that runs through the range, and the house tested it thoroughly in classic cocktails before signing off the final assemblage, so it works stirred and shaken as well as neat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReady to drink now. Serve neat at room temperature, over a large cube, or in a sidecar or old fashioned.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Cognac \/ Cognac \/ Cognac Tesseron","offer_id":44038110707771,"sku":"14705-700","price":133.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/cognac-tesseron-composition-700ml.png?v=1787581942"},{"product_id":"cognac-tesseron-lot-76-xo-tradition-1750ml","title":"Cognac Tesseron Lot 76 XO Tradition 1750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eTesseron Lot 76 XO Tradition is a Grande Champagne cognac built from reserve stocks distilled predominantly in the mid-1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrande Champagne is the innermost of the six crus of Cognac, its chalky soils giving eaux-de-vie that are slow to develop and long-lived, which is why the cru dominates the region's oldest blends. Tesseron is a Cognac house known for its holdings of mature Grande Champagne stock, and the Lot numbering refers to the era of distillation rather than a single vintage. The base wine here is Ugni Blanc, picked early and low in alcohol, then double-distilled in Charentais copper pot stills before long, quiet maturation in old oak casks, where the wood contributes little fresh tannin and the spirit slowly loses strength and gains complexity. The components in this blend are 25 to 30 years old at bottling, and the result is a striking copper colour and a dense, viscous palate of roasted nuts, baked pear and orange peel. This is the 1.75-litre bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eServe neat at room temperature in a tulip glass, with dark chocolate, walnuts or a hard aged cheese; an opened bottle keeps for a year or more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Cognac \/ Cognac \/ Cognac Tesseron","offer_id":44038202163259,"sku":"6159-1750","price":1250.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/cognac-tesseron-lot-76-xo-tradition-1750ml.png?v=1787581943"},{"product_id":"cognac-tesseron-lot-90-xo-ovation-700ml","title":"Cognac Tesseron Lot 90 XO Ovation 700ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eCognac Tesseron Lot 90 XO Ovation is an XO cognac drawn from three of the region's crus, with an average age of more than ten years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Tesseron family are long-established Cognac négociants and holders of one of the region's deepest reserves of old Grande Champagne. Ovation is the entry point to their lot-numbered range, blending eaux-de-vie from Grande Champagne, Petite Champagne and Fins Bois, the last of these adding early-maturing roundness to the firmer, slower-developing chalk-grown spirits. As is standard in the region, the base wine is made from Ugni Blanc, double-distilled in copper pot stills. The character of Ovation comes principally from long maturation in Limousin oak, a wide-grained wood that gives up its tannin and vanillin readily and lends the spirit fullness, spice and a sense of sweetness without any added sugar. The aroma runs to ripe pears, spiced apple, maple syrup and vanilla, and the palate is silky, with the spirit well integrated and a mouth-coating texture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eServe it neat in a tulip glass at room temperature, or over a single large block of ice. It stands up well to dark chocolate, walnuts and a good cigar.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Cognac \/ Cognac \/ Cognac Tesseron","offer_id":44038317375547,"sku":"6157-700","price":204.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/cognac-tesseron-lot-90-xo-ovation-700ml.png?v=1787581930"},{"product_id":"cognac-tesseron-lot-29-xo-exception-1750ml","title":"Cognac Tesseron Lot 29 XO Exception 1750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eCognac Tesseron Lot 29 XO Exception is the original bottling of the Tesseron collection, a blend of Grande Champagne cognacs aged across three generations of the family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrande Champagne is the innermost cru of the Cognac region, its deep, soft chalk producing eaux-de-vie that distil light and take decades to reach their full expression, which is precisely why houses with old stock guard it so closely. Exception draws on some of the family's finest, oldest and rarest reserves, with distillations beginning in the 1920s and a proportion of the blend dating back to 1905 and 1906. Alongside the Ugni Blanc that dominates modern Cognac, the older components include Colombard and Folle Blanche, both once widespread and now extreme rarities in the region, the latter prized before phylloxera for its floral aromatics and fragility in cask. Decades in Limousin oak and then in glass have given the blend the deep rancio character that only very long ageing produces. This 1.75-litre format is a large-format release of that same blend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePour it neat and let it open in the glass at room temperature; it needs nothing alongside it, though it sits well after dinner with dark chocolate or a plate of aged Comté.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Cognac \/ Cognac \/ Cognac Tesseron","offer_id":44038317604923,"sku":"6161-1750","price":3084.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/cognac-tesseron-lot-29-xo-exception-1750ml.png?v=1787581943"},{"product_id":"cognac-tesseron-lot-53-xo-perfection-700ml","title":"Cognac Tesseron Lot 53 XO Perfection 700ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eCognac Tesseron Lot 53 XO Perfection is a Grande Champagne cognac built from stocks distilled in the 1950s and aged for two generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrande Champagne, the innermost of the Cognac crus, sits on deep chalk that produces slow-maturing, finely structured eaux-de-vie from Ugni Blanc, double-distilled in copper pot stills. The Tesseron family have specialised in holding these spirits far longer than commercial pressure usually allows, and Perfection is drawn entirely from their 1950s reserves, matured in Limousin oak casks across two generations of the family before bottling. That length of time in wide-grained oak, followed by decades of slow oxidation, produces layered richness — roasted nuts, mixed peel, raisin, dark chocolate and wild honey — and the rancio complexity that marks genuinely old cognac. For all its intensity the texture stays pillowy rather than heavy, the spirit fully integrated, and the finish is long.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eServe neat at room temperature in a tulip glass, without ice. It is best on its own after a meal, or with walnuts, dried figs or a strong blue cheese.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Cognac \/ Cognac \/ Cognac Tesseron","offer_id":44038317637691,"sku":"6160-700","price":535.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/cognac-tesseron-lot-53-xo-perfection-700ml.png?v=1787581943"},{"product_id":"cognac-tesseron-lot-76-xo-tradition-700ml","title":"Cognac Tesseron Lot 76 XO Tradition 700ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eCognac Tesseron Lot 76 XO Tradition is a Grande Champagne XO blended from reserve stocks of 25 to 30 years of age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCognac is distilled twice in copper pot stills from thin, high-acid white wine, almost always Ugni Blanc, and the Grande Champagne cru at the heart of the region gives the slowest-maturing and longest-lived spirit of the six crus thanks to its deep chalk soils. Tradition sits in the middle of the Tesseron range and draws on reserves with distillations going back to the mid-1970s, matured in Limousin oak. The colour is a striking copper. The nose is intensely fragrant, with roasted nuts, wood spice, leatherwood honey and baked pear, while the palate is deep and viscous, running to Bosc pear, almond, oloroso sherry and orange peel. The finish is long and warming, with brown sugar, vanilla and a saline edge that keeps the whole thing savoury rather than sweet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrink it neat at room temperature, ideally in a tulip glass rather than a balloon. It suits aged hard cheese, roasted nuts and dark chocolate after dinner.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Cognac \/ Cognac \/ Cognac Tesseron","offer_id":44038317670459,"sku":"6159-700","price":264.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/cognac-tesseron-lot-76-xo-tradition-700ml.png?v=1787581928"},{"product_id":"cognac-tesseron-carafe-tresor-700ml","title":"Cognac Tesseron Carafe Tresor 700ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eTrésor is the oldest release in the Cognac Tesseron carafe collection, blended from eaux-de-vie aged for more than fifty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Tesseron family are Cognac's best-known holders of old stock, having spent generations buying and keeping eaux-de-vie rather than selling them young. Trésor is built from around one hundred of them, each chosen for finesse, depth and length. All are Grande Champagne in origin, the innermost cru of the region, whose chalky soils give spirits that age slowly and hold their shape, and all three of the area's principal grapes are represented: Ugni Blanc, Colombard and Folle Blanche. The blend was aged for what the house calls more than two generations, meaning fifty years and beyond, in tierçons, the large old casks reserved for the most valuable spirits, within the family's Paradis cellar. Ageing of this length is what produces the smoky, nutty rancio character that marks very old Cognac.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eServe neat at room temperature in a tulip glass, after dinner. It needs nothing beside it beyond perhaps dark chocolate or a few walnuts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Cognac \/ Cognac \/ Cognac Tesseron","offer_id":44038337921083,"sku":"11333-700","price":1274.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/cognac-tesseron-carafe-tresor-700ml.png?v=1787581942"},{"product_id":"cognac-tesseron-carafe-legende-700ml","title":"Cognac Tesseron Carafe Legende 700ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eCarafe Legende is an XO Cognac from Tesseron built on Grande Champagne eaux-de-vie aged for more than twenty-five years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Tesseron carafe range is graded by the age of its components rather than by cru alone. Légende was created from Grande Champagne reserve wines held by the family, with around fifty eaux-de-vie in the blend, among them a number distilled from Folle Blanche, a variety once dominant in the region and now rare. Maturation took place across cellars of differing humidity, a standard tool in Cognac for balancing evaporation against concentration: damp cellars soften a spirit over time, dry cellars build its intensity. 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At least ten of those years were spent in Limousin oak, a wide-grained wood that gives up tannin and aromatic compounds relatively quickly and suits a spirit intended for release at this age. The Tesserons built their reputation on holding old stock, and the carafe range is graded by age, with Passion sitting below Légende and Trésor but still comfortably beyond the ten-year minimum for XO. The components here were selected for grace and floral lift rather than for power, giving a vinous and fairly fluid style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eServe neat at room temperature in a tulip glass, after dinner or with strong coffee. 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The spirit was thirteen years old when bottled, with the last three of those years spent in an old manzanilla cask at Rey Fernando de Castilla in El Puerto de Santa María, a lighter and drier finishing than an oloroso butt would give and one that leaves the brandy floral rather than sweet. The whole butt was bottled, in 500ml format, so the release is finite and not repeatable. 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All are XO or beyond, blended chiefly from Ugni Blanc, the grape behind almost all Cognac, with Grande Champagne fruit at the heart of the older lots. Ageing takes place in the family's cellars, the most valuable spirits being held in the Paradis. Tasted side by side in small measures, the four show plainly how extended cask time moves a Cognac from bright and fruity towards the nutty, resinous rancio character of very old spirit, which is what makes the set a useful introduction to the range.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eServe neat at room temperature in small tulip glasses, best taken as a flight after dinner with dark chocolate or walnuts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Cognac \/ Cognac \/ Cognac Tesseron","offer_id":44038338314299,"sku":"6162-50","price":134.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/cognac-tesseron-4-pack-xo-collection-50ml-5cl-bottles-of-90-76-53-29.png?v=1787581943"},{"product_id":"domaine-du-manoir-de-montreuil-calvados-10-years-old","title":"Domaine du Manoir de Montreuil Calvados 10 Years Old","description":"\u003cp\u003eDomaine du Manoir de Montreuil Calvados 10 Years Old is a Normandy apple brandy with a full decade in oak.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt starts in the orchard. Normandy grows dozens of small bittersweet and bittersharp cider apples, picked late and pressed into a dry, tannic cider that ferments slowly for months before distillation. The clear spirit then goes into oak, picking up colour, tannin and sweet aromas without any added sugar. Ten years is well past the legal minimum, long enough to round off the sharp young apple and bring in dried fruit, nuts and spice. Bottled at 42%.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWarm and dry, with baked apple, toffee and oak spice. 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Cider apples, dozens of local sweet, bittersweet, bitter and acidic varieties, are blended for structure and perfume, milled, pressed and left to ferment naturally for months. The dry cider is run through copper stills and laid down in oak in a damp cellar, where the strength falls slowly and dried-apple and rancio notes build.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecades in cask have made it mellow and complex, with baked apple, toffee and warm spice. 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The fruit is a mix of bitter, bittersweet, sharp and sweet cider apples, pressed and fermented over several months into dry cider before it's distilled. In the Pays d'Auge the rules require double distillation in a pot still; elsewhere in Normandy a single column run is used. Bottled at 42 per cent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBright and appley, finishing warm and dry. Serve neat at 18–20°C after dinner, or the Norman way, as a pause in the middle of a long meal. Also good with apple tart or a ripe Camembert.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Calvados \/ Calvados \/ Domaine du Manoir de Montreuil","offer_id":44270624997435,"sku":"MG1700","price":118.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/domaine-du-manoir-de-montreuil-calvados-3-years-old.png?v=1790051270"},{"product_id":"domaine-du-manoir-de-montreuil-calvados-vsop-6-years-old","title":"Domaine du Manoir de Montreuil Calvados VSOP 6 Years Old","description":"\u003cp\u003eDomaine du Manoir de Montreuil Calvados VSOP 6 Years Old is a cask-aged apple brandy from Normandy in north-west France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVSOP means the youngest spirit in the blend has had at least four years in cask. This one carries six, about the point where the rough edge of youth is gone and the apple is still front and centre. The estate works its own orchards and cellar in the traditional way, blending many cider apples for sweetness, bitterness and acidity before fermenting, distilling and ageing in oak, which adds colour, vanilla and light spice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eApple-scented with vanilla and a warm, dry finish. Try it neat at 18-20°C as a digestif, or between courses as they do in Normandy. It sits nicely with Camembert and apple tart too.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Calvados \/ Calvados \/ Domaine du Manoir de Montreuil","offer_id":44270625554491,"sku":"MG2700","price":158.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/domaine-du-manoir-de-montreuil-calvados-vsop-6-years-old.png?v=1790051270"},{"product_id":"pierre-de-segonzac-cognac-700ml","title":"Pierre de Segonzac Cognac 700ml","description":"\u003cp\u003ePierre de Segonzac Cognac is a bright, fruit-driven cognac from the region's top cru, in the Charente in western France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSouth of the town of Cognac, the soft chalky limestone of Grande Champagne, the innermost of the six crus, gives brandies of great finesse that mature slowly. The family estate sits at Segonzac, farming its own vines and distilling on the property. Early-picked Ugni Blanc makes a thin, dry, acidic base wine, which is double-distilled in Charentais copper pot stills over winter. This bottling comes from the younger stocks, with enough time in mostly Limousin oak to knit the spirit while keeping its grapey fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClean and fruity, with vine flowers, dried apricot and a gentle oak frame. Sip it neat at room temperature (18–20°C) from a tulip glass, or use it as the base for a classic cocktail. 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Slow oxidation and evaporation in French oak casks in the family cellars build complexity, and this bottling draws on well-aged reserves, bottled at 40% alcohol.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmooth and dry, with dried fruit, vanilla, nuts and rancio depth. After dinner, pour it neat at room temperature into a tulip glass and pair it with dark chocolate, walnuts or a good coffee. The small bottle makes a nice gift.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Cognac \/ Cognac \/ Pierre de Segonzac","offer_id":44270626701371,"sku":"PS3200","price":61.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/pierre-de-segonzac-cognac-rare-200ml.png?v=1790069051"},{"product_id":"pierre-de-segonzac-cognac-rare-700ml","title":"Pierre de Segonzac Cognac Rare 700ml","description":"\u003cp\u003ePierre de Segonzac Cognac Rare is a mellow, long-aged Grande Champagne cognac from a grower-distiller at Segonzac in western France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUgni Blanc is picked at high acidity and low alcohol, fermented without sulphur, then run twice through a copper alambic charentais. The heart of the spirit is cut on the second pass, the bonne chauffe. The family work from their own vineyards on the soft chalk of the first and finest of the six crus, and age the spirit in French oak in their cellars, drawing on reserves well beyond the legal minimum. It's bottled at 40 per cent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDried fruit, candied orange and the rancio that only long cask time brings. 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Early-picked, low-alcohol Ugni Blanc is double-distilled in traditional copper pot stills, and only the heart of the second distillation is kept. Oak, mainly from Limousin, adds colour, vanilla and a gentle tannic frame without swamping the delicacy of the cru.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDried apricot and vanilla lead to a long, clean finish. Enjoy it neat at 18–20°C in a tulip glass after dinner, or mix a sidecar. 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The thin, acidic base wine is distilled twice over winter, and the heart goes into mostly Limousin casks to mature in humid cellars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDried fruit, vanilla and warm spice, with more depth than the younger bottling. 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The family grow Ugni Blanc in the chalk around the village of Segonzac, ferment it without sulphur into a thin, acidic wine and distil it twice on the lees in Charentais copper pot stills, which adds weight and aroma. Ageing happens in French oak in their own cellars, and it's bottled at 40% alcohol.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDried fig, orange peel, spice and plenty of rancio. 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Frapin is unusual in drawing solely on vineyard it owns, some 240 hectares of Ugni Blanc around the Château de Fontpinot at Segonzac, where the family has farmed since 1270 and where everything from growing to bottling takes place. The base wine is distilled on its lees in small copper pot stills, and the eaux-de-vie age in Limousin oak in the estate's own humid cellars. 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Frapin is unusual in drawing solely on vineyard it owns, some 240 hectares of Ugni Blanc around the Château de Fontpinot at Segonzac, where the family has farmed since 1270 and where everything from growing to bottling takes place. The base wine is distilled on its lees in small copper pot stills, and the eaux-de-vie age in Limousin oak in the estate's own humid cellars. 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The extra alcohol carries more aromatic material and a firmer palate than the house's standard bottlings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBest approached neat in a small glass, with a few drops of water to open it out if wanted; serve at room temperature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Cognac \/ Cognac \/ Frapin","offer_id":44336392667195,"sku":"VAV-00142","price":226.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/frapin-cask-strength-15-year-old-700ml.png?v=1790658870"},{"product_id":"frapin-vip-xo-grande-champagne-700ml","title":"Frapin VIP XO Grande Champagne 700ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrapin VIP XO Grande Champagne is one of the house's prestige bottlings, drawn from long-aged reserves of estate Ugni Blanc.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGrande Champagne is the first cru of Cognac, soft Campanian chalk whose eaux-de-vie mature slowly and live longest of all the region's crus. 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It is bottled at 40% and presented in the house's decanter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA digestif in the classic mould, best on its own after a meal or with a plain dark chocolate; serve at room temperature in a tulip glass.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Cognac \/ Cognac \/ Frapin","offer_id":44336392765499,"sku":"VAV-00143","price":488.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/frapin-vip-xo-grande-champagne-700ml.png?v=1790658872"},{"product_id":"frapin-extra-xo-grande-champagne-700ml","title":"Frapin Extra XO Grande Champagne 700ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrapin Extra XO Grande Champagne is one of the oldest bottlings in the house range, assembled from the estate's deepest reserves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGrande Champagne is the first cru of Cognac, soft Campanian chalk whose eaux-de-vie mature slowly and live longest of all the region's crus. 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It is bottled at 40%.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA collector's after-dinner cognac to be taken neat and slowly; serve at room temperature in a small tulip glass.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Cognac \/ Cognac \/ Frapin","offer_id":44336392929339,"sku":"VAV-00144","price":1396.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/frapin-extra-xo-grande-champagne-700ml.png?v=1790658873"},{"product_id":"frapin-cognac-25-year-old-700ml-1995","title":"Frapin Cognac 25 Year Old 700ml 1995","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrapin Cognac 25 Year Old is a single-harvest Grande Champagne bottled at 41.4% after a quarter century in Limousin oak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGrande Champagne is the first cru of Cognac, soft Campanian chalk whose eaux-de-vie mature slowly and live longest of all the region's crus. 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The eaux-de-vie then age in Limousin oak in the estate's own humid cellars, where slow evaporation rounds the spirit rather than drying it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA prestige cognac intended for neat drinking after a meal; serve at room temperature in a small tulip glass.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Cognac \/ Cognac \/ Frapin","offer_id":44336393650235,"sku":"VAV-00149","price":1006.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/frapin-trilogie-1-700ml.png?v=1790658873"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.divino.com.au\/collections\/cognac-brandy.oembed?page=2","provider":"DiVino.com.au","version":"1.0","type":"link"}