Brandy: Cognac
From: Grande Champagne
Style: Blend
House: Frapin
Colour: Amber
ABV: 40%
N: prunes, raisins, cinnamon, honey, hints of red grapes.
M: medium body, cool, slippery, loosens
T: Sweet. Menthol, blackcurrant cordial, honey, cinnamon, red grapes, hints of rolled oats.
F: Medium. Menthol, blackcurrant cordial, fresh baked bread, cinnamon.
Comments:
A blended Frapin, but one that displays the same grapey, fruity flavours as the XO I had recently. Hopefully this is the house character. I’m very keen to try more expressions from this house.
Are there house characters in cognac, just as there are distillery characters with whisky? I don’t know for sure but there seems to be a house style for some brandies. There are relatively few independent expressions of course, so the houses can blend distillate to create a certain style without indies coming in and mucking up their branding.
Verdict:
I like this a lot.
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