Latest Hermitage Releases
We have recently added two new, exciting releases to our Hermitage Cognac stable, both distilled over 50 years ago.
The 1975 comes from the region near St Preuil, in central Grande Champagne.
An enchanting cognac, it has flavours of clove, turmeric and blackberry complemented by thyme, rosemary, pork crackle with white truffle and kumquats on the tail.
Less than a barrel of this fine, rare cognac exists.
The 1972 vintage comes from Petite Champagne where it has been mellowing in its oak cask for almost 40 years and although its strength is 45% abv, it has a sublime balance.
Petite Champagne cognacs are often lighter than cognacs from their neighbour, Grande Champagne.
This is particularly true in the east of the cru, from where this 1972 originates.
Frapin has just released a limited edition run of this unique presentation to celebrate 750 years since the family’s oldest member was born in Cognac in 1270. We do applaud these small family firms who have passed on their skills from generation to generation and not taken the easy route of selling to the ‘big four’. The Frapin 750 contains some very old Grande Champagne eau de vie, albeit blended, and is presented in a Baccarat crystal carafe decorated with Belle Epoch-like grapevine etchings. Just 21 of these presentations have been produced – to represent the 21 generations of the Frapin family – now that really is history in a bottle. It oozes quality and style but so does the price tag. One of these will set you back an astounding £43,956. That’s equivalent to 25 of our