Best Cognac

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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Tag line on last link says it all.

This is a very nice topic!

Indeed, my name is Edouard Normandin-Mercier and I am very proud to reed some comments like above.

I think this forum is amazingly sharp for people that no do live in Cognac Region!

I was just surfing on the web looking for feedback on my Cognacs.

Please feel free to ask me anything.

Edouard

Okay but assuming $150 - $300 bottles are too much for every day consumption, can anyone recommend something in the $30 to $50 range other than the standard Hennesy, Remy, Courvoiser VSOP's? I have XO's for special occasions but am looking for XO quality on a beer budget.