Hine XO Antique French Cognac 70 cl 40%

Hine Cognac ANTIQUE XO is HINE's flagship, which was first blended by Thomas George HINE in 1920. A fantastic blend of more than 40 cognacs harvested from both the Grande and Petite Champagne districts - and aged for more than one generation! ANTIQUE XO is light and refined on the nose with intense, spicy notes of vanilla. The taste is complex, nicely balanced, soft, flattering and sumptuous. A Cognac that you sit for a long time. ANTIQUE XO has won several gold medals, including at The International Wine and Spirits Competition 2004

Cognac name: HINE X.O. Cognac - Antique
Type: XO - Grande Champagne
Alc. strength: 40%
70 cl.

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Hine cognac

The stately House of HINE is beautifully situated on the banks of the River Charente deep in the Cognac district. In the house's old cellars, little has changed in 250 years. Here, the finest vintages are safely under lock and key.

HINE is one of the oldest houses in Jarnac, and over six generations the family has refined the art of producing the ultimate luxury cognacs. As they say: "We produce little, but we do it perfectly. We concentrate on the essentials, but save only the exceptional. We use all our resources to create
cognacs, each of which is completely unique in its own way." This noble philosophy has given HINE a well-deserved reputation among the world's true Cognac connoisseurs. For HINE, only the best is good enough. Of course, it only produces Grand and Petite Champagne crus And as family tradition dictates, the noble must is consistently stored for longer than the law requires. You can taste it!

The self-assurance that once characterized the Cognac district has turned to despair in the last decade. The otherwise well-established image of the cigar-smoking wholesaler sitting in his soft armchair and swinging the bowl of cognac has turned towards the district as the consumer has gained greater social awareness, and the otherwise promising market in Asia has become hit by economic depression. Nothing is so bad that it is not good for something. It is often in times of economic pressure that the biggest changes and initiatives take place: Over the past few years, the cognac style has been improved and refined, so that the area today produces better cognac than ever before.

The Cognac district is divided into 6 areas: Bois Ordinaires and Bons Bois are in the absolute outer zone. Closer to the main town are Fine Bois and Borderies, and around the town of Ségonzac we find the last two areas, Petite Champagne and Grande Champagne.

In total, the district covers 1,132,500 ha, of which 80,000 are mainly planted with Ugni Blanc. Each of the mentioned areas gives its characteristics, but it is in Petite Champagne and Grande Champagne that you must look if you want to know why cognac is the world's best brandy. It does not matter which base wine you use when distilling cognac. The wine is reduced during the process, and only the right base wines can produce and enhance the best basic properties. A bit like a chef reducing his sauce to produce a greater intensity and concentration. The liquid is distilled twice. The first burn, "brouillis", has an alcohol percentage between 27 and 30%, but it is distilled an extra time to increase the alcohol percentage. The first distillate, also called "la tête" (the head), and the last "la queue" (the tail), are collected separately. The middle part is called "le coeur" (the heart), and it is this part, with an alcohol percentage between 69 and 72%, that is subsequently stored.

2 1/2-3 years is usually the standard cognac of the Cognac houses, often with 3 stars on the label, while VSOP is a softer and friendlier cognac with a minimum of 4 1/2 years of aging behind it. The designations XO, Napoléon, Très Vieux etc. guarantee that the cognac is at least 6 1/2 years old. Fine Champagne is a blend of cognac from the Grande and Petite areas, of which Petite must make up no more than 50%.

It is the aging in the oak cask itself that gives the cognac its soul and quality - and the prices are often based on that