Best Cognac


As the title says!

im quite a cognac novice i admit, while i love it (it is my favorite drink) the only cognac i have extensive experience with is Remy Martin XO, which i very much enjoy...so help me select my next bottle!!
mbacinello
I second the recommendation of Normandin-Mercier. Excellent stuff. For something more widely available I like Delamain Vesper (or, if you've got the bucks, Tres Venerable).
Smothest and richest try A.E. Fussigny Cigare blend, even if you don't smoke cigars its delicious, for sublime try the Hennesy Paradis Extra but its quite expensive.
Menuet Cognac - du Grand Champagne

Has won several awards. Is a single estate, hand bottled family owned Cognac, from the Grand Champagne region of Cognac.

It is not a blend it is 100% 15 year old Cognac, and is one of only a handful of Cognacs that can be designated as 1'er Cru. Which translates to first growth. No other Cognac mentioned above is even the same category of Menuet
Cliff,
As someone with about 15 years in the wine business and a keen interest in Cognac I beg to differ with you. Menuet is a producer like any other, though they produce Cognacs from the Grande Champagne region, so do many other producers. The designation 1er Cru means nothing in Cognac. Though it is perhaps a bit unusual that they use a single cask or at least Cognac from a single lot that doesn't make it better that Cognacs that are blended to acheive an average age. In fact many believe that it is this blending that gives the spirit it's unique complexity. I have tasted a lot of Cognac in my time, and your statment that "no other Cognac mentioned above is even in the same category of Menuet" is simnply wrong, though as a matter of tast you may believe it to be so. However I would put the Cognacs if Normandin-Mercier up against anyones'.
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