"Untouched and unblended, this vintage Cognac has aged for 100 years in Limousin oak barrels. This exceptionally long aging period has created a wide complexity of rich flavors and aromas, common ...

Days after Hennessy unveiled a metal-framed cognac commemorating the 300th anniversary of ... the spirit was aged for 100 years in Limousin oak barrels. On the palate, it's said to balance ...

Hermitage Cognac released what it's calling the oldest barrel aged Cognac ever, ... “Untouched and unblended, this vintage Cognac has aged for 100 years in Limousin oak barrels.

Cognac is aged in barrels at Frapin’s headquarters in Segonzac. In the dry cellars, meanwhile, more water evaporates than alcohol, leading to the Cognac’s “finesse and elegance,” he says.

“Mixology comes to the barrel room.” That was the phrase that came to mind when the buzz started building, at least since 2014, around alcoholic beverages that are aged in bourbon barrels.

Brandy and cognac make great gifts this holiday season. ... That wine is then distilled twice in old copper stills before it’s loaded into French Limousin barrels for a long, 20-year rest.

Rémy Martin’s process is unique, as their barrels are made exclusively from trees grown in the exceptional Limousin forest that are more than a century old and that give the Cognac a vanilla ...

Limousin In western France, the Limousin forests are about three hours northeast of Bordeaux and just east of Cognac, near the city of Limoges. "This hilly region tends to produce oak that has a ...

The precious liquid destined to be cognac is stored in big French oak barrels, called tierçons, from the Limousin forest. When the barrels show signs of wear they are patched up with parts of ...

The cognac then has to be aged for at least two years in French Limousin oak. As the oak and air do its thing — flavoring, coloring, and concentrating the cognac — evaporation takes place.

For anyone who has ever seen a bottle of Cognac with its VS, VSOP, or XO labels and wondered exactly what it all means, you are not alone. At their most simple, they indicate how old the Cognac in ...