Bache-Gabrielsen Hors D'Age Grande Champagne

Volume: 0.7 litres | Alcohol content: 40%

Special Features:

This Hors d'Age combines Ugni Blanc and Folle Blanche, with Grande Champagne taking the leading role. The youngest eaux-de-vie date from the 1960s, while the oldest reach back to the First World War. The blend consists predominantly of eaux-de-vie from Grande Champagne aged for more than fifty years, with long maturation in oak casks. Fruit, floral notes and woody spices come together in a powerful Cognac with a long finish.

Limousin oak casks are used for the slow maturation. The Cognac is bottled at 40% in a 0.7-litre bottle and comes in a black presentation box.

Tasting Notes:

• Nose: The rich nose reveals honey and blackberry alongside delicate wood and spice notes.
• Palate: The palate opens powerfully, with an almost oily texture. Fruity and floral impressions balance the spicy wood notes.
• Finish: The very long finish lingers with cinnamon, nutmeg and red berries.

Distillery/Bottler:

Maison Bache-Gabrielsen counts Hors d'Age Grande Champagne among its finest Cognacs. Cellar master Jean-Philippe Bergier has worked for the house since 1989. He selects the eaux-de-vie, oversees their cask maturation and creates the blends. For Hors d'Age, he draws on particularly old stocks from Grande Champagne.

Bache-Gabrielsen operates as a Cognac merchant with its own maturation facilities and sources its eaux-de-vie exclusively from winegrowers who distil their own produce. Oak selection and cellar humidity are among the factors used to guide maturation. In 2015, two ageing cellars and a blending cellar were built in Louzac-Saint-André, bringing storage and maturation entirely under the house's own control.

Thomas Bache-Gabrielsen founded the Cognac house with Peter Rustad in 1905, after the two acquired Maison A. Edmond Dupuy, established in 1852. Hervé Bache-Gabrielsen has led the family business in its fourth generation since 2009.

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