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Warm Regards
These fine cognacs serve as liquid assets and works of art.
BY ANTHONY DIAS BLUE
Left to right: Throughout the Fillioux family’s tenure at Hennessy, each master blender noted the most exceptional vintage of his time. These treasured spirits have been assembled into Hennessy Ellipse. Its stunning Baccarat decanter is embellished with seven indentations, representing the seven-component eaux-de-vie and the seven generations that crafted it. $4,200. www.hennessy.com
Rémy-Martin’s Louis XIII contains more than a thousand individual Grande Champagne cognacs, some aged up to 100 years. A solid gold collar adorns the neck of the Baccarat decanter, and is topped by a crystal fleur-de-lis, the symbol of French monarchy. $1,500. www.louis-xiii.com The individual cognacs in Martell L’Or average at least 60 years of age and are predominantly from the Grande
Champagne region. The spirit plays on the affinity between gold and cognac, and the bottle’s gold shoulders and impressive presentation case mark this cognac as one of Martell’s finest. $1,000. www.martell.com
Cognacs from the celebrated house of Courvoisier were favorites of Napoleon, but now a few lucky connoisseurs can taste a cognac blended from brandies that escaped the emperor’s thirst. The oldest component in L’Esprit de Courvoisier dates back to about the Napoleonic era, and none is younger than 70 years old. Each of the numbered, hand-finished Lalique crystal decanters is absolutely unique. $5,000. www.courvoisier.com Made from aged cognacs, many dating from before 1888, the Frapin Cuvée 1888 pays homage to Pierre Frapin’s gold medal at the 1888 Universal Exposition in Paris. Only 1,888 carafes of this cognac were made, each presented in a bottle encircled by a 24-karat gold spiral reminiscent of the coil of a still. The elaborate presentation box holds an 1888 replica timepiece. $7,500. www.palmbay.com
PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOHN SMITH STYLING BY MELANIE PESKETT
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