Decadent Drams Fine Champagne 60/78

$544.99

This Cognac was created by marrying 60% N.78 Grand Champagne and 40% N.60 Petite Champagne Cognac, creating a Fine Champagne Cognac... bottled at 48.2%, only 120 total bottles! 90pts Whisky Fun

Producer Description

"This latest release from Decadent Drams is a Fine Champagne Cognac. Sourced from family estate Vallein Tercinier and composed of 60% N.78 Grande Champagne and 40% N.60 Petite Champagne, this is a luscious wee fruit bomb of a cognac. Angus has long had on his to do list: bottle a Fine Champagne Cognac. He created this blend with the excellent folk at Vallein Tercinier and the result is bottled at 48.2% with a modest outturn of just 120 bottles. If you like putting fruity things in your mouth, you would be a mad fool to miss this opportunity!"

700 ml Low Stock

Region:France > Cognac

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90pts Whisky Fun

"Apparently a dream dram brought to life by M. Sponge/Land/Dram/Angus, this is a blend of Grande Champagne (L.78, 60%) and Petite Champagne (L.60, 40%) bottled under the charmingly old-fashioned designation of ‘Fine Champagne’, which requires at least 50% Grande Champagne in the mix – duly met here. Don’t confuse ‘fine’ here with the term used in French to describe a wine eau-de-vie, rather than a marc. All cognacs are technically ‘fines’, but not all are Fine Champagnes, though every Fine Champagne is a fine. Aspirin, anyone? Colour: golden amber. Nose: confirms that glorious 40–50-year-old mark as an ideal age, though the average here is slightly higher at 53. There’s still tension, with hints of varnish, turpentine, apricot eau-de-vie, kirsch, and fruit stones, alongside wafts of roasted pineapple and slightly overripe bananas. A subtle cosmetic touch emerges (night cream, perhaps?) before the classic duo of vineyard peaches and honey makes a vibrant entrance. Mouth: firm and surprisingly youthful, opening with hints of gewurztraminer (rose, lychee) before transitioning to that familiar kirsch character (stone fruit, cherries). The spices then take charge with coriander, juniper, cinnamon, clove, black pepper, and a final mentholated twist. Finish: long and spicy, with subtle black pepper joined by roasted cocoa nibs, while vineyard peach bids a fond farewell in the aftertaste. Comments: less of a fruit bomb than some other VTs, likely due to a more pronounced woody structure, but still a stunningly fine Fine fine (don’t do it again, S.). SGP:561 - 90 points."