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Can be used in a variety of cocktails such as a Brandy Alexander (brandy, creme de cacao and cream), in hot coffee or for cooking.

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"The initial aroma is juicy, concentrated, and jammy. The palate entry is squeaky clean, more than adequately acidic, and intensely grapy; at midpalate the taste profile includes an odd flavor of chalk/limestone. Concludes with a ripe, grapy rush. Best Buy."

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The number one selling cognac in the US and the world, Hennessy V.S was created in 1865 by Maurice Hennessy, great grandson of the founder, Richard Hennessy. Hennessy's "Three Star" blend is today known as Hennessy V.S.

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Made in the south-west of France in the Gers region, it is intrinsically linked with Old Gascon culture. Its production probably pre-dates Cognac too, having been produced by the Moors in the 12th Century. There are three regions of vineyards with Bas Armagnac in the west being the most revered..

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"The sumptuous bouquet smells of old leather, old books, toasted marshmallow, pipe tobacco, prune Danish, dried fruit, salted butter and caramel cream. Entry is hugely luscious, succulent, ripe and sweet; the midpalate is concentrated, ripe, fruity, sherry-like and caramelized. Concludes balanced..

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Amber in color with a moderate to full-bodied taste of dried apricot and nutmeg. Aged a minimum of 8 years.

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In 1817, the future King George IV of England asked Hennessy to supply him with a "very superior, old and pale cognac". By the end of the 19th century, V.S.O.P, as it had become known, had firmly established its reputation among the nobility. The product of a gradual blend of over 60 eaux de vie..

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"Smells of ripe grapes, grape must and lead pencil in the initial whiffs; air contact stimulates baking spices, black currants, jasmine, pepper and paraffin. Entry is crisp, tart and intensely ripe; midpalate highlights black grape to maximum concentration. Finishes bittersweet to sweet."

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The bouquet has fresh fruit dominated white plum punctuated with hints of vanilla. Its a round attack on the palate, balanced. Marked with fruity aromas of vanilla.

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The cognac has an intense bouquet with notes of crystallized fruit and nuts, which appear in the stratified taste after the first chords of mocha coffee and gradually transfer to a prolonged aftertaste that recalls sophisticated fruit compote.