Sweet bottle.

Cognac Park - Grande Champagne. Single Barrel. Cellar #8. Lot 28 (28 years old). Barrel #401. 44.5 ABV. 450 bottles in total.

Today is the day for a new bottle. Might as well be this one.

15 minutes in the glass now. Spicy. Oaky. Explosion of fruit rushing up to the nose . Orange peel. A bit dry. Medium finish.

30 minutes now. With a few drop of water. Let's see what happens......... All the rough edges are gone now. Alcohol fades, yielding to flavors of tropical fruits. Subtle hints of rancio raises to the fore.

Wow. Such great price/quality ratios. Tessendier Brothers has another winner here. Keep them coming. We want more.

Difficult to come by around here, but I put it on my wish-list.

Don't worry Ton. I have another bottle. Maybe we can trade later

Lheraud Petite Champagne Vintage 1970

I dreamed of opening this bottle. Does that count?

Keep dreaming!
But fantastic bottle to have.

GUILLON PAINTURAUD HORS D'AGE
&
GUILLON-PAINTURAUD RENAISSANCE

Today, I am going to find out how good one of them really are.

Fruity and sweet. I got figs. Stew fruits. Did I mentioned sweet?

I am going to need to do this again.

So you come to Europe a lot? I don't think you can buy this in the States.

I had a bottle of Hors d'Age two or three years ago and rated it 9 out of 10.