Hennessy X.O Cognac, 70cl

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The name of Hennessy is, for many, synonymous with luxury. It’s the world’s best selling Cognac brand, managing to steadily increase sales year on year. It’s last sales figures (2017) showed an impressive 8.5% increase, with significant growth in both the US and China. It’s total sales in 2017 were 7.1 million 9 liter cases. VS, VSOP and XO refer to the age and quality of the cognac. Each corresponds to how long the brandy has been aged in oak barrels. In 1983, following a request by the BNIC (Bureau National Interprofessionnel du Cognac)*, the French government drafted regulations governing the terms used to describe a cognacs’ quality. These designations, which may be included on the label, refer to the age of the youngest eau-de-vie used in making the cognac. Foto: Gwendoline Poirier, a Cognac expert and tour guide at the Hennessy distillery in France.sourceKatie Warren/Business Insider Why apprentice tasters in Hennessy have to remain silent for at least five years". CNA Luxury . Retrieved 2022-03-23.

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LVMH opens new cognac bottling plant to cope with US demand". South China Morning Post. 2017-10-19 . Retrieved 2022-03-23. Hennessy was founded in 1765 by Irishman, Richard Hennessy, and his son James, and has been passed down through the generations. In 1971 Kilian Hennessy created the group Moet Hennessy in a merger with Champagne house, Moet et Chandon. In 1987 they then merged with the clothing brand, Louis Vuitton, to become LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy), and the largest such luxury goods group in the world.

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Kilian Hennessy remained on the company's advisory board until his death in 2010 at the age of 103. [15] An eighth generation representative of the Hennessy dynasty, Maurice-Richard Hennessy, acts as one of the brand's global ambassadors. He had originally trained as a farmer before entering the family business. [18] At the 2009 VMAs interruption, Kanye West was reportedly intoxicated after drinking Hennessy and other various alcoholic drinks before his infamous interruption of Taylor Swift. [55] Hennessy Literary Awards [ edit ]

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For many, Courvoisier Cognac reached iconic status thanks to the Busta Rhymes song, Pass The Courvoisier. And the brand continues to reach out to all classes of drinkers, including those more familiar with whisky terminology when they added two age-stated Cognacs to their repertoire, The Courvoisier Vintage Connoisseur 12 Years and the Courvoisier Vintage Connoisseur 21 Years. The brand is owned by Moët Hennessy since a champagne & cognac merger in the early seventies, which is in turn owned by LVMH (66%) and Diageo (34%), Diageo acting as a non-controlling shareholder. [6] Hennessy pioneered several industry-standard practices in the world of cognac, and its association with luxury has made it a regular point of reference in popular culture, especially in hip hop.

Absinthe] is very powerful, so you won't be able to feel the other ingredients if you have it in the blend," Poirier said. Fields, words: Jessica (2022-02-21). "10 Things You Should Know About Hennessy Cognac". VinePair . Retrieved 2022-03-23. XO stands for “Extra Old”: XO cognacs are made only from eaux-de-vie at least ten years old. Cognacs such as “Napoleon” or “Old Reserve” are equivalent to XO cognac. Cognac makers ramp up U.S. efforts as China sips less". Reuters. 2015-11-22 . Retrieved 2022-03-23. The names of Hennessy, Martell, Courvoisier, and Rémy Martin,or theBig4 CognacHousesare instantly recognizable wherever in the world you might be. Indeed, these top four Cognac maisons dominate all global sales of the iconic French Brandy. Many people have a penchant for one or more, and staunch fans of a certain brand will certainly advocate that their choice is, ‘the best’.