Frapin V.S. Luxe Grande Champagne, Premier Grand Cru Du Cognac (with box), 0.5 L
Tasting Notes
Cognac yellow-straw color.
In cognac rounded taste with hints of fresh berries in the midst of harvest. Continuous distillation on the lees makes a noble taste is incredibly long.
Cognac is a delicate, slightly vanilla aroma blossoming vines June.
Frapen Sun Suite Grande Champagne can be a wonderful aperitif, as well as be used as a digestif after a meal. Cognac also combines perfectly with a cigar and coffee. This drink is recommended to serve by the glass tulip-shaped or sniffer - from the English sniff «sniff", it is this form helps to reveal the full bouquet. A temperature at which this wonderful cognac makes reachable subtlest facets should taste slightly exceed 20 ° C.
Interesting Facts
Frapen Sun Suite - brandy, distilled on the noble lees for a very special technology: in the process of aging cognac is not filtered, since the only noble precipitate able to make especially delicate fruity aroma. This is an old family tradition Frapen, which today is very rare in the Cognac region because of the possible risk of a burnt taste. That is why the excellent properties of cognac - the result of a lot of skill, art and love for his family business Frapen. This is the "youngest" cognac economy: the age of the young spirits - 5-6 years.
Frapen - this is one of the oldest companies in France cognac. It owns the family estate Chateau de Fonpino in the village Sgonzak (Grande Champagne). Frapenov ancestors involved in winemaking in the XIII century. The best-known representatives of this family of aristocrats were the writer François Rabelais and personal apothecary King Louis XIV Pierre Frapen. Surrounding the estate of 350 hectares of vineyards are the most fertile in the Charente, they are located in the historical lands around the castle Chateau Fontpinot and are classified as Premiers Grands Crus subregion Cognac - Grande Champagne. Soil vineyards - chalk, giving special brandies mineral notes. This terroir gives a subtle, most delicate and pure ethyl alcohol with a rich bouquet, developing significantly with age. The farm Frapin use organic methods of viticulture.
Frapin only sells its own brand of cognac, which are produced in the Grand Champagne considered the best terrain for the production of the drink. Brandy is aged in Limousin oak barrels, making brandy saturated tannins. Here cherish the old traditions: the grapes are harvested by hand only, using only natural organic fertilizers, raw materials distilled unfiltered. Products are exported to 50 countries, mainly in Europe.
