Hermitage Paradis 1890 Grande Champagne Cognac
RRP: £7,015.20
IWSC 2021 – Gold Award
“A tropical note behind the oaky, polished wood and roasted coffee aromas. Black tea on the palate is balanced with spice and creamy caramel. Dry, nuanced, refined and elegant.” Judges’ comments
This remarkable cognac has spent more than 80 years in its oak cask slowly developing its rich aromas and complex flavours. There are aromas of marmalade, thyme, banana and spices with a rich and lovely complexity of flavours including mandarin, toffee brittle, allspice, marmalade, gingerbread and roasted nut flavours. Beautifully balanced, the flavours surround the tongue with a rich velvet softness which enhances the intense ‘rancio’.
Vol: 70cl
Abv: 42%
Aroma: There are aromas of dark chocolate, roasted chestnuts, butterscotch, marmalade, thyme, banana, cigar box, nutmeg and dried fig.
Flavour: Cocoa, sweet spices, old Madeira wine, dried sultanas, mandarin, toffee brittle, gingerbread, roasted chestnuts and liquorice are amongst the many complex flavours that help to identify this cognac’s great age. It has a long finish of saffron, dried dates, mace, bitter orange marmalade, kumquats and pineapple syrup. Beautifully balanced, the flavours surround the tongue with a rich velvet softness which enhances the intense ‘rancio’.