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Jan

Review: Courvoisier VSOP Cognac

Courvoisier VSOP Cognac is crafted from white grapes grown in the Grande and Petite Champagne, and Fins Bois crus.  Courvoisier nurtures a close relationship with over 800 vine growers to ensure the grapes used are the finest in the Cognac region.  The grapes are harvested at their peak, at the end of summer.  Once pressed the juices ferment over seven days.  The wine is double distilled only from November to March using traditional and unusually small 25 hectoliter alembic pot stills.  The eaux-de-vies are aged in barrels handcrafted from the finest French oak.  Master Blender Patrice Pinet then fuses these fine spirits into a consistent and harmonious blend.  Read more »