Paul Giraud Vieille Reserve Cognac 25 years

Paul Giraud Vieille Reserve Cognac 25 years

This 25 year old Vieille Reserve Cognac from Paul Giraud can become the favorite of more than one person. Really well balanced with softness and power – elegant and fragrant with notes of exotic fruits and honey mixing with pear and apricots. You really feel the 25 years of aging.

Scent: Delicate and soft with good sweet tones
Taste: Is super balanced with good power and yet almost soft like a liqueur. Both taste and aroma bear a strong impression of exotic fruits and honey, here are both pear and apricot. The aftertaste is a study in balance and nicely reflects the 25 years of aging.

About the Cognac House:

The Cognac Vieille grapes are vinified into a wine with 8-10% alcohol which is then distilled in two pot stills from 1950 and 1962 respectively. The traditions are maintained here on site. The wine is double-distilled, the first time sour lie, on the lees, to give additional complexity. A difficult process that requires constant monitoring. The cognac is then aged in oak casks made from Limousin oak at full strength. It uses approx. 30% new barrels every year.

Part of Paul Giraud's philosophy is that you do NOT mix anything, not even your Cognac, therefore most products from the man's hand are from a single vintage. This is not written on the label and descriptions, as it requires special control from the authorities which will impair Giraud's control of his Cognac.

In terms of taste, a Cognac from Grande Champagne undergoes a development with age in the cask. When they are young they are the most floral, then they go through a phase where the fruit is most prominent. When the Cognac gets very old, the fruit and flower become more withdrawn and you experience more spice in the glass.