Martell VS Fine Brandy Cognac, 70cl

Product Information

Rémy Martin defines excellence in a bottle and combines everything a good brandy should have. This XO is a Fine Champagne, produced by blending up to 400 different eaux de vie. It’s a thoroughly good quality bottle, combining 85 percent of the product sourced from the Grande Champagne region with the remaining 15 percent taken from the Petite Champagne region.

It has an aroma of dark chocolate, port wine cask, exotic spices, and figs, while a sip will reveal notes of white and red grapes, dried apricot, nutmeg, cinnamon, honey, and caramel. It’s certainly a complex brandy, and one that will leave you wanting more than just one taste. It’s a popular choice for brandy lovers, with a warming finish and smoky wood quality running throughout.Since cognac can only be made in Cognac, France, there are only a few brands that have managed to establish distilleries there. Competition is incredibly fierce amongst these different cognac brands, which often reflects in their prices. Rémy Martin Brandy In 2018 Remy chose humanitarian and rapper, King Kaka, to be their brand ambassador for its ‘One Life Live Them’ campaign. The Kenyan, whose real name is Kennedy Ombina, champions many worthwhile causes in both his home country and further afield. Rémy Martin is known for being one of the biggest cognac producers in the world. Its expertise can also be recognized as it’s part of the Comité Colbert, an association of luxury businesses that promote French know-how worldwide. Remy Martin has a similar size range to that of Martell, including some great value VSOPs and Napoleon qualities. They’re also well known for their annual limited edition XO created for the iconic Cannes Film Festival. Like Scotch whisky, older expressions are often considered “better”, but as with anything, it comes down to your personal preference. How we test brandy

The Pellehaut brandies are carefully aged on the lees and then distilled using traditional methods.

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a b "Spirits & Wines: Martell takes a bold new direction". The Moodie Davitt Report. 2003-10-31 . Retrieved 2022-03-24. St. Remy XO is a crowd favorite, which is not surprising because it is a complex and rich brandy that remains true to the House’s signature style. For many, Courvoisier Cognac reached iconic status thanks to the Busta Rhymes song, Pass The Courvoisier. And the brand continues to reach out to all classes of drinkers, including those more familiar with whisky terminology when they added two age-stated Cognacs to their repertoire, The Courvoisier Vintage Connoisseur 12 Years and the Courvoisier Vintage Connoisseur 21 Years.

To drink brandy the classic way, leave the bottle on the counter for around an hour before drinking and then pour it into a tulip glass; the best glass used to savor the spirit. Its bowl and rim shape is specially designed to allow the spirit to hit the correct part of your tongue while delivering the aromas straight to your nose. Germain Robin makes 10 barrels a year of its XO alambic brandy and about 80 percent of the wine used for distillation is pinot noir – a premium grape that’s evident in this brandy’s taste.

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No time to read through our entire list? We’ve chosen Rémy Martin XO as the overall best brandy of the year and Asbach Brandy 8 Year as the best value brandy. When it comes to cognac, the youngest blend must be four years, while for Armagnac, it should be five years.