The Nose Nez Orange, jasmine and grape. Mouth En Bouche Honey, cedar, jasmine, floral. Finish Short surprisingly sharp spice bite. Overall Hennessy suggests that Black can be drunk neat Black Velvet. Like this: Like Loading You May Also Like. Courvoisier V.
A year later, Empress Maria Federovna of Russia asked Maison Hennessy to produce his cognac as a birthday present for her son Czar Alexander, and that was how Hennessy found its way to cold Russia. Having assumed the status of a global brand, the need came up for Hennessy to have a widely recognized logo.
The Cognac house deiced to go for an iconic fist clutching a hatchet as its official symbol in In , Maurice Hennessy, great-grandson of founder Richard Hennessy, began to classify the brand based on stars. S Very Special. As with the V. P, this was copied by other brands in the industry.
Right to say then that, Hennessy has journeyed from Cognac to the end of the world. Like every other cognac, Hennessy is made from grapes grown in the Charante region of France. With its chalky, stony soil and sunny temperate climate, the region is perfect for vine growing. For Hennessy, the crew is made up mostly of Ugni Blanc grapes, which have prevailed as the dominant grape in the Cognac region.
Only the eau-de-vie from the first four crus is used due to its fruity, light white wine ideal for distillation. The grapes are pressed to get the juice which is left to ferment for two or three weeks using modern fermentation processes, usually in October. The fermented juice is then distilled through a time-tested method that uses traditionally shaped Charentais copper stills, also known as an alembic. The wood is perfect for aging cognacs due to their low resin content. The Cognac is then transferred to glass carboys called bonbons for storage before it is blended.
The aging process sometimes lasts for centuries. The blending of the cognac, or marriage, as it is otherwise called is necessary to achieve the unique taste peculiar to Hennessy. The Master Blender oversees the blending process to ensure that the mark of quality and taste remains consistent and true to the Hennessy standard. The age of the cognac is calculated as that of the youngest component used in the blend.
The blend is usually of different ages and from different local areas. Once the blended cognac is ready, it is then bottled and your Hennessy cognac is ready.
Hennessy was one of the first spirits brands to deliver its offerings in bottles. Taking its dark color from a lengthy aging process, the X. Not for the novice cognac drinker, Hennessy X. This year old scotch takes its name and rich color from the Spanish Olosoro sherry casks that it spends two years aging in following a ten year cycle in bourbon casks.
Matured in bourbon casks before being transferred to port pipes from the Quintas wine estates in Portugal, this year old scotch like all the Glenmorangie products hails from Tain, in the highlands of Scotland, and is crafted by the 16 residents of Tain as a liquor to be served neat. Fans of scotch will enjoy the smooth rich taste that offers a hint of sweetness from the port pipes.
A lighter tasting scotch than many, it may also be one of the more accessible for those still training their palates to single malt scotch whisky. One of the oldest scotch whiskies offered from the year old Highlands distiller, the 18 Year Extremely Rare is just that, extremely rare. As scotch ages, the taste softens, but this bottle is recommended for the mature pallet that can appreciate the subtlety. Scotch connoisseurs should already know all about this liquor. It has that back-of-the-throat bite that reminds me of young armagnac, though there is more fruit on the front of the palate.
Fortunately, the sweeter notes that are there has good flavor, with citrus and perfumed cedar moderate in the mix. But Hennessy Black suffers from its youth. The wood notes are rustic and have a turpentine character that really mars the finish.
Not overly sweet like many young cognacs, it suffers from being too far on the other side of the fence. Stick with standard Hennessy. That said, I shudder for the hangover young club-goers will have after a night of drinking these…. Christopher Null is the founder and editor in chief of Drinkhacker. A veteran writer and journalist, he also operates Null Media, a bespoke content company.
See author's posts. I wonder if it was formulated to mix well with Coke, as that is how much of it will be consumed in clubs. Agree that it seems like a mixing spirit.
Anyone who suggests mixing an even halfway decent cognac with coke should not be writing a review on cognac. As a nearly daily connoisseur of cognac, I would not say that Hennessy Black is rough — if anything, it is not rough enough.
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