Renaud de Champ Contre Raison Personnelle 1.0 Cognac

This is from barrel 1.0, and is a blend of Grande Champagne eaux-de-vies from the years 1996, 1998 and 2000. This was bottled in 2014, so this is decidedly on the younger end versus most Cognacs that have been on offer in the recent past. The nose shows an easygoing nature with aromas of butterscotch candy, white flowers, figs, prunes, pineapple, dried apricot, leather, spice and honeycomb. The palate has bright and easy-going nature with pretty apricot and pineapple with a light butterscotch and oak spice. D&M Tasting Notes

A throwback to Bertrand and Sabine’s first release from back in 2014. While we were waiting for boats to arrive at the dock, we did a US survey of what Cognac had been hiding in a bunker somewhere in the US. In doing so, we found a distributor with the first inaugural release from Renaud de Champ Contre. The Euro was a bit higher and the blend a bit younger, but after tasting the bottling, we knew we had something special here. This is from barrel 1.0, and is a blend of Grande Champagne eaux-de-vies from the years 1996, 1998 and 2000. This was bottled in 2014.  Michael Kennel, D&M