| : Older than Pale & Dry XO and Vesper, the EXTRA de Grande Champagne shows deep maturity and a full-bodied bouquet. It is the perfect expression of an old Cognac from Grande Champagne. The EXTRA de Grande Champagne is an original decanter, designed and blown for Delamain. The shield on the decanter, comes from an original plate made by Henry Delamain in 1762 at his delftware factory in Dublin for the wedding of his nephew James Delamain to Marie Ranson. TASTING NOTE:
Growth: 100% Grande Champagne.
Origin: Selection from local growers- disti11ers.
Blend : Blood of selected old Grande Champagne cognacs.
Ageing : Each cognacs are aged separately (Ionger than for the Pale & Dry or Vesper), owing to their origin and then the blend itself, made at the end of the ageing period, is aged for two years more (marriage).
Strength: 40% voL
Cask : Matured in well seasoned Limousin oak casks (350L).
Cellar: Old cellars near the river, more humid than dry. Style: It shows deep maturity and a full-bodied bouquet. It is the perfect expression of an old Cognac from Gnmde Champagne.
Bouquet: Power of the perfumes, length of the fragrance.
Savor : Fullness, deep maturity, me11owness. lntense and complex fruitiness.
Color: Brilliant amber-topaz with a wooderful soft golden clarity.
Name : EXTRA appellation is an existing Cognac category far superior to the x.o. Delamain's EXTRA is the rare one issued exclusively from the Premier Cru area : the Grande Champagne. |
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