Courvoisier Releases Four For The Holidays
Cognac house Courvoisier has released four limited edition cognacs for the holidays but you will have to be in the UK to get a crack at them. The four UK-exclusive cognacs are…
Courvoisier Réserve 1978 | 10 bottles | $1,725 per bottle
After aging for 35 years in Courvoisier’s Paradis cellar, this vintage has reached its full aromatic potential.
Courvoisier Heritage De Louis Renard | 50 bottles | $11,780 per bottle
Courvoisier Heritage De Louis Renard is blended from exceptionally rare Paradis cellar cognacs dating from 1869 to 1914, which were matured by Louis Renard, Courvoisier’s first master blender of the 20th century. To bring the Paris Golden Age to life in aroma, taste and spirit and reflect upon a time of exuberance and optimism, these cognacs have been hand-selected these and blended them around the 1893 vintage for balance, richness and depth. All are available in Baccarat crystal decanters.
L’Esprit de Joséphine | 8 bottles | $15,255 per bottle
A tribute to the first French Empress, Joséphine de Beauharnais, L’Esprit de Joséphine is an exquisite blend of rare aged cognacs, some dating back to the beginning of the 20th century and others from the 19th century, which were used to supply the court of Napoleon III, grandson and admirer of Joséphine. The cognac has been blended to pay homage to her fine rose garden by developing a cognac with fine floral fragrances enriched with a batch of old Borderies. This cognac is available in Lalique decanters, each engraved with a ‘J’ to represent Joséphine.
Courvoisier Tribute Borderies | 5 Dame-Jeannes | $81,025 per bottle
This expression is a celebration of generations of craftsmanship from the single-estate grapes to the hand-blown dame-jeannes the aged cognac is been stored in. Consumers will have the rare opportunity to purchase one of these five dame-jeannes, which will then be fulfilled into 43 bottles. Each bottle can be personalized.
In addition, the owners of this cognac will receive an immersion into the brand including a stay at the Couvoisier chateau in Jarnac, a visit to the Paradis cellar and an exclusive dinner with the master blender followed by a guided tasting of Tribute Borderies.
The cognac has been left to mature in fine French Limousin oak casks since the early 1960s and after spending up to 50 years in fine oak, it has reached an aromatic perfection and protected at the height of its maturity by being transferred by hand into dame-jeannes in 2009. There are only five dame-jeannes of this cognac in the Paradis cellar, each bottled at 46.5% alcohol content.