Gautier Cognac

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  Gautier VS French Cognac 70 cl 40%

  Item no.: 22227865491-10241

  By the river Osme in Aigre, where an eighteenth-century watermill still houses the cellars, the house of Gautier has distilled Cognac since Louis XV signed its royal charter in 1755. VS is the house's youngest voice, quick and fruity, yet built on the same craft as its older bottlings.

  Expert's Description

  Gautier VS French Cognac is a Cognac drawn mainly from Grande Champagne and Petite Champagne, bottled at 40%.

  The house of Gautier is one of the oldest in Cognac, founded in 1755 in the old watermill on the river Osme. As early as the sixteenth century, the Gautier family had made a name for itself as skilled coopers, crafting casks from oak sourced in the famous Tronçais forest, and that grounding in wood and cask still shapes the house's identity.

  VS is built from the grape varieties Ugni Blanc, Folle Blanche and Colombard, sourced mainly from Grande Champagne with a share from Petite Champagne. It is the house's youngest expression, and precisely for that reason the one that shows the freshness of the fruit most clearly, before longer cask ageing adds further depth.

  Gautier VS is built for versatility, just as natural neat over ice as it is as the backbone of a well-mixed Cognac cocktail, where its fruit and floral character carries through clearly.

  Tasting Notes

  Nose

  Fresh fruit and white flowers, with a touch of vanilla from the short cask ageing.

  Palate

  Light and lively, with notes of green apple, honey and a hint of spiced oak.

  Finish

  Short to medium, clean and fruity, without heavy tannins.

  Specifications

  Name: Gautier VS
  Distillery: House of Gautier
  Country: France
  Type: Cognac
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL
  EAN no.: 3269550254913
  Serving suggestion: Enjoyed over ice or as the base of a Cognac cocktail

  Flavour Profile

  Fresh Fruit · White Flowers · Vanilla · Light Spice

  Did You Know?

  Did you know that the Gautier family was already known as skilled coopers in the sixteenth century, crafting casks from oak sourced in the Tronçais forest, long before the house received its royal charter to produce Cognac in 1755.

  • 30,75
    1pcs.
    26,75EUR
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  Gautier VSOP French Cognac 70 cl 40%

  Item no.: 22227865491-10242

  It takes longer than most people think for a young eau-de-vie to earn the name VSOP. At Gautier, inside the old watermill on the Osme, the blend is given the time it needs until the colour turns warm and golden and the aroma matures.

  Expert's Description

  Gautier VSOP French Cognac is a Cognac, a blend of fine eaux-de-vie from Grande Champagne and Petite Champagne, bottled at 40%.

  The house of Gautier, founded in 1755 under a royal charter from Louis XV, has carried a family tradition of coopering with Tronçais oak since the sixteenth century. That knowledge of wood and ageing lives on in the house's VSOP, where eaux-de-vie of several ages are blended into a rounded Cognac.

  The grapes, mainly Ugni Blanc, Folle Blanche and Colombard, come from Grande Champagne with a share from Petite Champagne, and the VSOP classification requires at least four and a half years in cask for the youngest eau-de-vie in the blend.

  The result is a robust, full-bodied Cognac with a warm, golden colour, showing what extra time in cask can add compared with the house's younger VS.

  Tasting Notes

  Nose

  Ripe plums and caramel, backed by a warm, lightly spiced oak aroma.

  Palate

  Full and rounded, with notes of dried apricot, honey and a touch of nutmeg.

  Finish

  Medium in length, soft and warm, with a finish of sweet oak and caramelised sugar.

  Specifications

  Name: Gautier VSOP
  Distillery: House of Gautier
  Country: France
  Type: Cognac
  Age: Min. 4.5 years
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL
  EAN no.: 3269555157554
  Serving suggestion: Enjoyed at room temperature in a cognac glass

  Flavour Profile

  Ripe Plum · Caramel · Dried Apricot · Nutmeg

  Did You Know?

  Did you know that the VSOP designation requires the youngest Cognac in the blend to have rested at least four and a half years in cask, while Gautier's remaining eaux-de-vie are typically older still, contributing to its full, golden style.

  • 36,00
    1pcs.
    31,25EUR
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  Gautier XO French Cognac 70 cl 40%

  Item no.: 22227865491-10243

  Some Cognacs simply need to be left alone. Gautier XO is the house's flagship, a blend of old eaux-de-vie that has drawn colour and finesse from the oak year after year until the result is dark, round and almost without a rough edge left.

  Expert's Description

  Gautier XO French Cognac is a Cognac, a blend of older eaux-de-vie from Grande Champagne and Petite Champagne, bottled at 40%.

  The house of Gautier, founded in 1755 in the old watermill on the river Osme, pours everything its generations of coopering and ageing craft can offer into XO. The XO designation requires at least six and a half years in cask for the youngest Cognac in the blend, but Gautier's XO draws on eaux-de-vie that are often far older.

  The long ageing gives the Cognac its deep, amber-dark colour and a finesse that builds layer upon layer, rounder than VSOP, more complex on the finish, and with a clear, mature richness.

  Gautier XO has won gold at the International Spirits Challenge and has been singled out among the world's best Cognacs, recognition of the house's commitment to long cask ageing over quick solutions.

  Tasting Notes

  Nose

  A deep, amber-dark aroma of dried fruit, toasted almond and a faint smoky note from the old oak.

  Palate

  Round and full, with rancio, dark chocolate and a warm sweetness of dates.

  Finish

  Long and elegant, with a last trace of spiced oak and dried apricot.

  Specifications

  Name: Gautier XO
  Distillery: House of Gautier
  Country: France
  Type: Cognac
  Age: Min. 6.5 years
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL
  EAN no.: 3269555551772
  Serving suggestion: Enjoyed at room temperature in a cognac glass, on its own or after dinner

  Flavour Profile

  Rancio · Dark Chocolate · Dates · Spiced Oak

  Did You Know?

  Did you know that Gautier XO has won gold at the International Spirits Challenge and has been singled out among the world's best Cognacs, recognition that underlines the house's focus on long, patient cask ageing.

  • 147,25
    1pcs.
    128,25EUR