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Based on brandies distilled from pinot noir. Very complex, very elegant, very smooth. The pinot noir shows up in the incredible finish—subtle yet wonderfully rich fruit. In our blind tastings, you have to spend about double – Delamain Trés Vénérable, say, or Ferrand’s Abel – to match it. In 1999, Robb Report picked this as the world’s best distilled spirit, period.Ten barrels/year (fewer than 400 cases).

"An initial aroma of yellow fruit and spice; after further air contact a stunning bouquet of tobacco leaf, tea leaves, burnt orange rind, combed cotton and grapefruit emerges. The palate entry is gently sweet and grapy; by midpalate the taste becomes intensely raisin-and-guava-like. Concludes with incredible finesse and tropical fruit lushness." 96-100 pts.