L’Essence de Courvoisier, developed by master blender Jean Marc Olivier, is an blend of over 100 rare eaux-de-vie from the Grande Champagne and Borderies cognac crus. Special reserves from the early 20th century, when Courvoisier introduced its highly acclaimed Napoleon cognac, offer depth, maturity and harmony to the blend, and are combined with eaux-de-vie from the 1970s and 80s. These include the introduction of a sophisticated method of distillation to improve the finesse and elegance of young spirit and the use of oak from the Jupilles forest in its barrel making, introduced by Courvoisier in 1986 and now used by the most prestigious Bordeaux wines.
The bottle has been hand-sculpted by over 30 craftsmen from Baccarat, the centuries-old crystal house. The decanter is suspended in a frame complete with a finely crafted crystal stopper, inspired by the signet rings given by Napoleon Bonaparte to commanders in his army in recognition of noble acts.
The global launch of L’Essence de Courvoisier takes place at Harrods in London's Knightsbridge, where a bottle of L’Essence de Courvoisier is to be the focal point of a striking display in the shop window throughout September. Set in a futuristic Napoleon-style drawing room, the decanter is featured in a cabinet designed by Courvoisier the Future 500 member Lee Broom. Visitors to the store will also see prominent advertising at the Egyptian escalator, in the newly refurbished menswear department and in the store magazine. It will be available to purchase in the wine shop.
At 42% ABV, L’Essence de Courvoisier is a rich and full-bodied cognac with hints of liquorice, dried plum and apricot, and offers a long finish. In the Courvoisier portfolio it sits between Initiale Extra, which retails at £250, and JS Succession at £3,500.
Maxxium UK’s marketing manager for Courvoisier, Janice McIntosh says: “L’Essence de Courvoisier is an important addition to our range which will attract global attention from connoisseurs who will enjoy the depth of flavour achieved by combining precious and rare cognacs from the last two centuries.
“The launch highlights Courvoisier’s position in the luxury spirits arena and is part of our ongoing commitment to driving value into the category and maintaining our position as the UK’s number one cognac.”
Courvoisier master blender Jean Marc Olivier says: “L’Essence de Courvoisier is an elegant and complex cognac which encapsulates the spirit of Courvoisier itself. It represents centuries of craftsmanship, our passion for cognac and our heritage, combined with our desire to be at the forefront of innovation, whether it be in distillation, ageing of wood or blending.”

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Cognac Frapin has launched Le Multimillésime - the world’s first multi-vintage Grande Champagne Cognac. It is a combination so successful that it has already been awarded a gold medal and trophy in the International Spirits Challenge 2008. This bold blend of three superb vintages: 1982, 1983 and 1985, has been exclusively harvested, distilled and aged at Chateau Fontpinot. Fontpinot is in the heart of the Frapin family’s 300 plus hectares of Grande Champagne vines, which it has cultivated for eight centuries. Today, the estate is tended by cellar master Olivier Paultes, creator of Cognac Frapin Multimillésime, and wine maker Patrice Piveteau.
Paultes was inspired to produce this unique blend which harnesses and highlights the very best
aromas and characteristics of the vintages. In so doing, he has created a tour de force with the
distinct rancio notes of the 1982 vintage, the fruity notes of the 1983 and the elegant finish of the 1985.
“Behind the veil of yellow gold hides an unusual personality.” says Olivier Paultes. “On the nose
there are aromas of vanilla, bourbon and exotic fruits inviting you to taste. In the mouth they
come rushing in with notes of liquorice behind the acclaimed and persistent touch of rancio. Its
authenticity, softness and exceptional length in the mouth will appeal to anyone who loves that
powerful taste of concentrated wine so particular to old cognacs.”
Cognac Frapin has chosen an original bottle for Le Multimillésime, based on an ancient cognac
flagon. Production is strictly limited, with just 1270, individually numbered 70cl bottles (41 %
vol) being produced and packed in wooden gift boxes.

Hennessy has released a new Cognac cuvee for the record price of €179,400.

Beauté du Siècle Hennessy Cognac is a limited edition blend which comes in a Baccarat crystal bottle, housed in a special chest.

It was blended by cellar master Yann Fillioux from Hennessy reserves which are up to 100 years old, the youngest being 47 years.

The bottle's chest was made by 10 different artists using mirrored glass and melted aluminium. It opens with a bronze key and a concealed switch triggers the gentle rise of a tray holding the bottle, set in a gilded lattice designed by Guerlain.

'[The Cognac] was created in homage to a very special man, Killian Hennessy,' said Thibault le Mailloux, Hennessy communications director.

Killian Hennessy, who is 100 years old this year, is the sixth generation descendant of the founder of Hennessy. He oversaw the merger between Hennessy and Moët & Chandon in 1971, and the creation of the LVMH group in 1987, of which he was the first honorary president.

One chest has already been presented to Killian Hennessy as a birthday present, and another was donated to Elizabeth Taylor's AIDS charity and auctioned for € 279,400 earlier this year. Several others have already been sold, to buyers in Asia, Europe and America, le Maillot said.

A few of the chests have also been on display at a number of contemporary art spaces such as the Galerie Nichidou in Tokyo.

The house of Delamain announces the arrival of ‘Le Voyage’, a rare and precious Cognac destined for collectors of the greatest eaux-de-vie. This exceptional Cognac is presented in a limited edition Baccarat decanter of which only five hundred have been produced worldwide.

What makes this Cognac extraordinary is the blend of extremely old eaux-de-vie that has been nurtured in the famous demi-johns in the Delamain cellars. These glass vessels protect the ancient spirit that has matured in to a veritable treasure. Such an elixir traces the history of Delamain and represents a living archive of the house.

Whilst the labels indicating the grand age of the Cognacs have faded, the perfect seal of each demi-john has prevented any evaporation. These treasures from the last century, inestimable and ultra rare should only be seen on exceptional occasions. ‘Le Voyage de Delamain’ invites you to discover the craft of another époque.

This Cognac remains in homage to the founder James Delamain, who as a young man returned to France over a century after his family had fled to Ireland. The descendants of James Delamain are still in attendance today, eager to discover the grand eaux-de-vie preserved by their ancestors.

The blend of cognacs reveals a host of subtle sensations: all the perfumes of Russian leather, the musky aroma of the tropics, the heady scent of tobacco from the Americas, of coffee from Africa heralding the spicy hints of the Far East and finally the bouquet of grapes from the hillsides of the Grande Champagne.

‘Le Voyage de Delamain’ is the heart of the jewel, housed in a magnificent Baccarat decanter with the purest curves and lines and surrounded by an exquisite leather casket evoking the traditional bellows used for luggage in times gone by.


‘Le Voyage de Delamain’ decanter contains 700ml of Cognac at 42% vol.

Louis XIII meets Baccarat and gives birth to Louis XIII Black Pearl, an exclusive series produced from a century-old tierçon*, namely 786 carafes numbered from 001 to 786.

The Louis XIII carafe was originally a metal flask found by a peasant in 1850 on the site of the Battle of Jarnac, which in 1569 pitted the Catholics under the Duke of Anjou against the Protestants of the Prince of Condé. It is a complete mystery to whom the gourd in question belonged; it could have been the property of one of the two protagonists or one of their generals.

To reinvent the original purchased in 1850 by the Rémy Martin family and then placed in a Paris museum before its mysterious disappearance, Louis XIII is moving away from its traditional garb and looking to the future to adorn itself in unconventionally poetic finery. The alliance of Louis XIII and Baccarat is an unusual tête-à-tête between two sensibilities and two temporalities, proud of a secret alchemy.

Louis XIII Black Pearl is flamboyant and elusive, transcending time with a glamorous design combining classicism and modernity. A shower of sparkling stars caresses the pure crystal of the hand-blown carafe to create a futuristic crystal the colour of steel, like a liquid captured in its very substance, and evokes turbulent emotions in those who let their gaze become lost within.
The carafe ceaselessly plays with the light, which sweeps, rebounds and is immediately reflected back, creating pure flashes of silver, black, chrome, blue, anthracite and mahogany, like a black pearl, the pearl of queens. The light is fragmented and plays with its shadow. The optical illusions are infinite.

This crystal, which is unique in the world, harbours at its heart Louis XIII cognac, aged in the century-old tierçon C100-29, a fabulous witness to the Century that has gone by.
Installed in a cellar hidden in the Grollet Homestead since 1960, this extremely rare tierçon is one of the oldest tierçons from the family’s personal reserve.
It has aged and nourished the most precious of blends, that of the Louis XIII cognac, made up of some one thousand two hundred eaux-de-vie, some of which are over a hundred years old, originating from the most sought after slopes in the Grande Champagne region.

It is said that you need fifteen thousand pearl oysters to obtain the queen of pearls. The fruit of nature, time, work and the passion of men, Louis XIII Black Pearl is also of true rarity, which nothing or no-one could ever reproduce.
The union of Louis XIII cognac and black pearl crystal creates the quintessence of an unprecedented complementarity. The iridescent crystal conceals the Absolute essence of the cognac, revealing it to those who are able to look beyond the immediate.

In 1874, Paul-Emile Rémy Martin wanted to convey to the world the symbol of a certain idea of Art de Vivre à la française. In the decade following its creation, Louis XIII sparkled over the five continents, from New York to Shanghai, through Paris, Osaka and Cape Town.

Nicknamed the King of Cognacs because since its creation it has been the Cognac of Kings, Louis XIII reigned in the greatest royal and imperial courts in Europe, in Bade-Würtemberg or Saint-Petersburg. Served to Queen Elizabeth in 1938, it became England’s cognac of choice when Winston Churchill adopted it in 1948 during a stay in Aix-en-Provence.
Sailing in First Class on the Normandie liner in 1932 and on board the Orient-Express for its inaugural journey in 1929 to Constantinople, Louis XIII has always been the part of Great Men's lives.
For Churchill, de Gaulle, Doisneau and Tarantino, it is a king, the only one that may be approached, at any time and in any place, in Le Bernardin in New York or Raffles in Singapore.

Louis XIII Black Pearl pays homage, with 786 items that are unique in the world, to the intensity of the Century protected by the most advanced crystal of the millennium.

An exceptional carafe, a jewel of crystal preserving the secret of a rare vintage. The assemblage of this ‘Cuvée 1888’ is from Cognacs ageing in our ‘Paradise’ storehouse.
Some of these Cognacs are even older than 1888. They have aged for so many generations and are a testimony to the mastery of the late and great Monsieur Pierre Frapin.
Offered in a limited series of 1888 bottles, the carafe-type bottle was inspired as a homage to Pierre Frapin. In 1888, with a vineyard successfully rejuvinated, he prepared his participation at the Universal Exhibition, for which Gustave Eiffel had just completed his famous tower.
Pierre Frapin selected some of his ‘cuvées’ and received the Gold Medal at this famous exhibition. This Gold Medal is still on display and preciously so, in the Eiffel Storehouse of our Château.
An emotional encounter with the mythic Folle Blanche.
This assemblage of very old Grande Champagne Cognacs is in fact cognacs issued from the mythic Folle Blanche varietal, a varietal that has completely disappeared in modern times.
his Folle Blanche lives up to its myth: surprising floral aromas, it’s a Cognac both powerful and subtle. It is a celebration as it is a florishing achievement of ancestral know-how.
A rich palette of sensations.
Of great distinction, this Cuvée develops a somptuous and profound sensuality. Its aromatic palette is astonishingly complex: dried fruits, nuts, raisins, prunes, candied oranges, and towering waves of torrified cacao, tonka beans and coffee. The heart of its character is a sublime harmony of vineyard flowers, a flash of sents of the lime tree, pepper, soft spices, white honey, vanilla, leather, and tropical woods.
The Astonishing Crystal carafe.
For this historic Cuvée, Frapin Cognac has commissioned the design of an original carafe of elegant and pure form. Produced by the Cristalleries Royales de Champagne, the carafe is decorated by a 24 carat golden line. Its spiral shape recalls Cognac’s slow ageing through time or the preparatory turning of cognac in a glass. The Etains d’Anjou created this golden line as also they did the golden cork.
The refinement of a somptuous Gift Box.
Presented in a highly refined Gift Box of a ‘Cognac cellar’ form.
The wood textures recall the warm atmopsheres of Cognac and Habana cigars.
Its base contains a small draw where one will find a reproduction of a 1888 watch.
Openning the watch a special perfume is released, ideal to accompany tastings.

Set in the Center of the town of Cognac and the Grande Champagne vineyards, for the last 25 years the Cognatheque has offered the widest range of cognacs anywhere in the world.
The selection of about more 400 cognacs and 50 pineaux on sale will enable you to discover all the different facets of cognac.
• Its brands : From the most prestigious names to family products
• Its development : From blends to vintage cognacs
• Its production areas : From the Grande Champagne to the Bons Bois
• Its age : From the youngest to one hundred year-old cognacs and culminate with several cognacs which date from about 1870, before the phyloxera crisis.
• Its associated products : Pineau, liqueurs and cocktails…

Cognac A. de Fussigny : Nyak, Ebony Blend, VSOP & XO Fine Champagne, XO for men, A Cigare Blend
Cognac AE Dor : Rare Fine Champagne, XO, XO Spéciale Réserve, Vieille Reserve N° 6 / N° 7 / N° 8 / N° 9 / N° 10 & N° 11, Reserve Cigar.
Cognac Bertrand : VSOP, Napoleon
Cognac Bisquit : VSOP, Chateau de Lignieres 10 ans, XO Exellence, Extra Cohiba, Privilege
Cognac Boutinet : VSOP, XO, Extra
Cognac Blanleuil : VSOP, XO
Cognac Bowen : Pale, VSOP, Napoleon, XO, Extra, India
Cognac Braastad : VSOP, XO
Cognac Brillet : Seltz, Tres Vieille Reserve, Perle de Poire, Belle de Brillet
Cognac Brisset : Orange Bleu
Cognac Brisson Gilles – Grande Champagne : VSOP, Napoleon
Cognac Brisson Joan – Fins Bois : VSOP
Cognac Camus : VS Elegance, VSOP Elegance, Napoleon Rare Old, XO Elegance, XO Borderies, Ile de Ré Fine Islan, Ile de Re Double Matured, XO Ile de Re, Extra, Reserve de la famille, Jubilee, Cuvee 3.128
Cognac Chabasse : VSOP, Napoleon, XO, XO Imperial
Cognac Château de Montifaud : VSOP, Reserve Special Michel Vallet, XO, Héritage Maurice Vallet
Cognac Couillebaud : Napoleon, Vieille Reserve
Cognac Couprie : Elix long drink, Napoleon, XO Tres Vieille Reserve, Ancestrale, Liqueur d’Amande / de Poire / de Cafe / d’Orange au Cognac
Cognac Courvoisier : VS, VSOP Fine Champagne, VSOP Exclusif, Napoleon, XO Imperial, Succession JS, l’Esprit, L'Essence
Cognac Croizet : Millesime Vintage Cognac 1961, Cognac 1963, Cognac 1966, Cognac 1967
Cognac Delamain : XO Pale and Dry, Vesper, Tres Venerable, Reserve de la Famille, Le Voyage de Delamain, Millesime Vintage Cognac 1969, Cognac 1971 et Cognac 1973
Cognac Denis / Cognac Jacques Denis : VS, Tonic Saveur, VSOP, XO, Vieille Reserve, Heritage, Tres Vieille Grande Champagne
Cognac Drouet : Topette, XO Cigare, Mathilde
Cognac Dupuy / Cognac Bache Gabrielsen : XO
Cognac Esteve : Reserve de la Famille, Reserve Ancestrale
Cognac Forgeron: Vieille Reserve, Hors d’Age
Cognac Frapin: VSOP, Domaine Frapin Vieille Grande Champagne, Chateau Fontpinot, XO VIP, Extra Reserve Patrimoniale, Cuvee Rabelais, Millesime Vintage Cognac 1982, Cognac 1985
Cognac Gautier : VSOP, Napoleon, XO Cigar Pinar Del Rio, Tradition Rare 10th Generation
Cognac Geffard : VSOP, Vieille Reserve, Tres Vieux
Cognac Giraud / Cognac Paul Giraud : Vieille Reserve, Tres Rare, Heritage
Cognac Guerbe : Pub Blend, Rare Reserve, XO Tulipe
Cognac Gourmel / Cognac Leopold Gourmel : Premieres Saveurs, Le P’tit Gourmel, Age du Fruits, Age des Fleurs, Essence de Gourmel, Age des Epices, Quintessence
Cognac Godet : Millesime Vintage Cognac 1900, Cognac 1922
Cognac Fillioux / Cognac Jean Fillioux: Cep d’Or, Star Gourmet, Très Vieux, XO Imperial, Cognac Cigar Club, Reserve Familiale
Cognac Hardy :
Cognac Hennessy : VS, Pure White, VSOP Privilege, Fine de Cognac, XO, Paradis, Private Reserve, Richard Hennessy, Themless, Ellipse, Beaute du siecle, Davidoff Classic, Davidoff Extra
Cognac Hine : VSOP Rare, Antique, Millesime Vintage Cognac 1957, Cognac 1975, Cognac 1981, Cognac 1982, Cognac 1983, Cigar Reserve, Family Reserve, Talent
Cognac Jenssen : Carte Blanche, XO, Arcana
Cognac Jon Bertelsen : Prelude, Symphonie, Orchestra, Jude Cognac
Cognac Lafragette / Cognac L&L : XO les crus du Cognac, Alize Gold Passion, Alize Red Passion, Alize Wild Passion, Alize Bleu
Cognac Landry : Vieille Reserve Domaine de Beaulieu
Cognac Larsen : VSOP, Napoleon, XO Extra d’Or, XO Artic, Viking Shield, Viking Bell
Cognac Leyrat : VSOP, Napoleon, Vieille Reserve, XO Elite
Cognac Marnier / Cognac Marnier Lapostole : VSOP, XO, Cognac Grand Marnier : Louis Alexandre, Cuvée du Centenaire, Cuvée du Cent Cinquantenaire
Cognac Martell : VS, VSOP, Noblige, Artys, Cordon Bleu, XO Supreme, Cordon d’Argent, Extra, l’Or, l’Art, Creation
Cognac Menuet : VSOP, XO
Cognac Ordonneau : VSOP, Extra de Borderie, Tres Vieille Reserve
Cognac Otard : VS, VSOP, Jade, Napoleon, XO Gold, Cognac 55, Extra 1795
Cognac Painturaud : Vieille Reserve, Generation
Cognac Pasquet: Napoleon, Oncle Albert
Cognac Peyrot : VSOP, XO
Cognac Pierre Ferrand : Reserve, Selection des Anges, Reserve des Dieux, Abel, Ancestrale
Cognac Prunier : VSOP, Cognac 20 ans, Reserve de la Famille, Cognac Prestige
Cognac Ragnaud Sabourin : Alliance N° 10 VSOP, Alliance N° 20 Reserve Speciale, XO, Fontvieille N° 35, Florilege, Paradis
Cognac Raymond Ragnaud : Reserve, Stefany, XO, Extra Vieux, Hors d’Age, Tres Vieille Grande Champagne, Heritage.
Cognac Renaud : VSOP, XO
Cognac Renault : Carte Noire Extra, Carte d’Argent,
Cognac Remy Martin : VS, VSOP, Club, 1738 Accord Royal, XO Excellence, Extra, Louis XIII, Black Pearl, Remy Red, Remy Sylver, Remy Space
Cognac Roullet & Fils : VSOP, Reserve, XO Blue, XO Gold, Hors d’Age N° 26, N° 29, N° 45
Cognac Royer / Cognac Louis Royer : VS, VSOP, Distilerie Collection, Single Distillery, XO
Cognac Tesseron : Lot N°90 XO Selection, XO Tradition Lot N°76, XO Perfection Lot N°53, XO Exception Lot N°29, Extreme
Cognac Tiffon / Cognac Brasstad : VSOP, XO, Chateau de Triac
Cognac Du Veron : Napoleon, XO Perle d’Or
Cognac Voyer / Cognac Francois Voyer : Napoleon, XO, Hors d’Age
Cognac Merlet: Hypnotic

Courvoisier will officially launch a luxury carafe "Succession J.S." on 9 February at Jarnac castle. ...