Tag: Olly Smith

Some wonderful Hermitage Reviews this Christmas: The new edition of Club Oenologique has just been published, with a fabulous review and picture of the Hermitage 1972 Cognac by Joel Harrison. “Curator of some of the oldest single vintage and single vineyard Cognacs around, Hermitage is run from a small village in Wiltshire.  Cognac expert David Baker has built unrivalled relationships with some of the more boutique distillers in the region, allowing him to bottle extremely old and rare cognacs.  This 1972 vintage is drawn from grapes grown in the Petite Champagne region and has a sensationally aromatic nose, with balanced sweetness and… Read more

The Mail on Sunday’s drinks writer and well known TV personality, Olly Smith, has featured a few products from the Brandyclassics website in his column over recent months.  He began with recommending our Hermitage Provenance 10 Cognac for Bonfire Night suggesting that one should “Dive into this liquid flame, whose quality will set your very soul alight”.  He is not the only one to enjoy this wonderful cognac.  It has been flying off our shelves ever since! With Christmas approaching Olly moved into our Armagnac range.  Firstly he advocated the ever popular Delord 20 Year Old Bas Armagnac describing it… Read more