Cognac Mauxion Lot 45 – Bons Bois (45,2%, OB +/- 2023)
Cognac Sponge – Vallein Tercinier Héritage N.88 – Fins Bois (48,8%, Decadent Drinks 2023, 250 btl.)
Cognac André Bertandeau 51 yo Lot 71 – Petite Champagne (52,9%, Maltbarn 2023, 50 btl.)
Cognac Estève 33 yo ‘Lot 89’ – Petite Champagne (57,4%, Maltbarn 2023, 120 btl.)
Cognac WV Baker ‘Old Rare Old’ 15 yo 2006 – Domaine des Sorges – Fins Bois (58,7%, OB 2022, 480 btl.)
Cognac Sponge – Jean-Luc Pasquet Héritage N.10 & N.11 – Grande Champagne (49,6%, Decadent Drinks 2023, 120 btl.)
Cognac Louis de Salignac ’75 Years Old Fine Champagne’ (OB late 1950s)
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Cognac Vallein Tercinier Lot 55 – Bons Bois (41,5%, Malternative Belgium 2024, 165 btl.)
Cognac Famille Cabanne Lot 19.10 – Grande Champagne (44,9%, The Whisky Jury 2023, cask #7, 109 btl.)
Vallein Tercinier Lot 82 – Grande Champagne (44,2%, OB for Whizita / Flickenschild 2022, 126 btl.)
Vallein Tercinier Lot 96 – Fins Bois (48,7%, OB 2021, cask #138, 435 btl.)
Vallein Tercinier 32 yo Lot 90 – Fins Bois (54,2%, The Whisky Blues x Maltbarn 2023, 142 btl.)
Cognac François Voyer VSOP – Grande Champagne (40%, OB +/- 2023)
Cognac François Voyer Napoléon – Grande Champagne (40%, OB +/- 2023)
Cognac François Voyer XO – Grande Champagne (40%, OB +/- 2023)
Cognac François Voyer Extra – Grande Champagne (42%, OB +/- 2023)
Cognac François Voyer Hors d’Âge – Grande Champagne (43%, OB +/- 2023)
A review of the whisky year 2023, with a list of our favourite new releases, favourite cognacs and rums, as well as some whisky stats and thoughts.
Cognac Lot 19.14 – Borderies (42,1%, Malternative Belgium for Passion for Whisky 2023, 39 btl.)
Cognac Daniel Bouju Lot 79 – Grande Champagne (51,8%, Malternative Belgium & The Nectar, 300 btl.)
Cognac Prunier 1975 – Borderies (43,5%, Swell de Spirits ‘Private Garden’ for The Antelope 2023, 50 btl.)
Cognac Tiffon Lot 45 – Petite Champagne (49,2%, Swell de Spirits ‘Field Trip’ 2023, 60 btl.)
Cognac Mauxion Vintage 1960 – Fins Bois (46,6%, The Whisky Jury 2023, 96 btl.)
Cognac Mauxion 50 ans – Fins Bois (54%, In2Spirit 2023, 90 btl.)
Cognac Mauxion Lot 60 – Petite Champagne (62%, In2Spirit 2023, 120 btl.)
Cognac JL Pasquet ‘Le Cognac de Paul’ L.57 – Grande Champagne (42,3%, OB 2023, 50cl, 319 btl.)
Cognac JL Pasquet ‘Le Cognac de Jean-Michel’ L.95 – Grande Champagne (53,5%, OB 2023, 50cl, 395 btl.)
Cognac JL Pasquet ‘Le Cognac d’André’ L.68-72 – Fins Bois (54,3%, OB 2023, 50cl, 395 btl.)
Cognac François Voyer Lot 28 – Grande Champagne (41,0%, Malternative Belgium 2023, 42 btl.)
Cognac François Voyer Lot 77 – Grande Champagne (48,7%, Malternative Belgium 2023, 214 btl.)
Cognac Famille Cabanne Lot 68 – Petite Champagne (55,7%, The Whisky Jury 2023, 497 btl.)
Cognac Vallein Tercinier Héritage N.62 – Grande Champagne (45,2%, Cognac Sponge 2023, 285 btl.)
Cognac Lhéraud 56 yo 1967 – Bons Bois (46%, Grape of the Art 2023, cask #15788, 132 btl.)
Cognac Daniel Bouju Lot 60 – Grande Champagne ‘Un toast à l’amitié’ (50,4%, Malternative Belgium for Geert Lagast & Raf De Ruysscher 2023, 30 btl.)
Cognac Prunier Lot 40 – Grande Champagne (54,2%, Swell de Spirits ‘Private Garden’ for The Antelope 2023, 28 btl.)
Cognac Prunier 1989 – Petite Champagne (62,1%, Swell de Spirits ‘Private Garden’ for The Antelope 2023, 60 btl.)
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Cognac Laurichesse Lot 76 ‘Le Vaillant’ – Grande Champagne (48,1%, Malternative Belgium 2023, 438 btl.)
Cognac René Rivière Lot 25 ‘Madame Pivoine’ – Borderies (48,1%, Malternative Belgium 2023, 85 btl.)
Cognac Jean Fillioux – Domaine La Pouyade Lot 60/70 – Grande Champagne (43,1%, Malternative Belgium + TastToe 2023, 378 btl.)
Cognac Cru de Verrières Lot 68 – Grande Champagne (45,2%, Malternative Belgium + The Whisky Jury 2023, 179 btl.)
Cognac Prunier Lot 42 – Fins Bois (40,8%, OB for Wine4You / The Purist 2023, 12 btl.)
Cognac Prunier 1989 – Grande Champagne (45,9%, OB for Wine4You / The Purist 2023, 42 btl.)
Cognac Prunier 1986 – Petite Champagne (50,3%, OB for Wine4You / The Purist 2023, 42 btl.)
Cognac Prunier 1978 – Borderies (52,3%, OB for Wine4You / The Purist 2023, 42 btl.)
Cognac Prunier 1977 – Fins Bois (61%, OB for Wine4You / The Purist 2023, 42 btl.)
Cognac L’Attente 52 – Grande Champagne (43,5%, Vallein Tercinier for Jack Tar & Lux Coin, 100 btl.)
Cognac Mauxion Lot 49 – Fins Bois (45%, OB Gene’s Dram 2022)
Cognac Prunier Lot 52 – Grande Champagne (52,8%, OB 2022, 480 btl.)
Cognac Grosperrin Lot 73 – Petite Champagne (53,6%, Malternative Belgium & Asta Maurice 2023, 492 btl.)
Cognac Référence 69 – Petite Champagne (59,8%, Michiel Wigman ‘Precious Moments’ 2022, 90 btl.)
Cognac Mauxion Sélection Lot 60 – Petite Champagne (62%, OB ‘Private bottling’ 2022, 42 btl.)
Cognac Vaudon Lot 77 ‘Le Soleil du Printemps’ – Fins Bois (54,9%, Malternative Belgium 2023, 390 btl.)
Cognac Raffaud Lot 66 ‘La Maison Rouge’ – Borderies (50,7%, Malternative Belgium 2022, 112 btl.)
Cognac Tiffon ‘Lot 19:22’ – Petite Champagne (41,2%, Berry Bros. & Rudd for Kirsch Import 2022, 29 btl.)
Cognac Tiffon ‘Lot 19:22’ – Fins Bois (43%, Berry Bros. & Rudd for Kirsch Import 2022, 29 btl.)
Cognac Tiffon ‘Lot 19:22’ – Borderie (45%, Berry Bros. & Rudd for Kirsch Import 2022, 29 btl.)
Cognac VSOP (43,1%, OB for Wu Dram Clan 2022)
Cognac XO (46,3%, Grapediggaz 2022)
A review of the whisky year 2022, with a list of our favourite new releases, favourite cognacs and rums, as well as some whisky stats and thoughts.
Frapin 22 yo 1993 – Grande Champagne (43,2%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2017, cognac butt, 510 btl.)
Delamain 50 yo 1965 ‘Collection Apogée’ – Grande Champagne (44%, OB 2020, dame jeanne #339-05, 42 btl.)
Conte & Filles ‘L’Essentiel A12’ 2010 – Petite Champagne (46,3%, Cognac-Expert 2022, cask #49, 161 btl.)
Vallein Tercinier 1989 – Grande Champagne (51%, OB +/- 2017)
Cognac Référence 67 – Petite Champagne (57,2%, M. Wigman 2022, 120 btl.)
Famille Tribot N°80 – Grande Champagne (65%, Swell de Spirits 2023, 350 btl.)
Cognac JL Pasquet Lot 58 – Grande Champagne (43,1%, OB for Wu Dram Clan 2022, 256 btl.)
JL Pasquet Lot 64 ‘Le Cognac de Claude’ – Grande Champagne (47,4%, OB 2022, 42 btl.)
JL Pasquet Lot 79 – Grande Champagne (52,3%, OB 2022, 273 btl.)
Cognac Park VSOP (40%, OB 2018)
Cognac Park XO (40%, OB 2018)
Cognac Park Borderies (40%, OB 2018)
Cognac Park Extra – Grande Champagne (40%, OB 2018)
Cognac Grande Champagne 1928 ‘La Patine’ (40,2%, Malternative Belgium + Passion for Whisky 2022, 240 btl.)
Cognac François Voyer Lot 48 ‘La montgolfière en bois’ – Grande Champagne (49,2%, Malternative Belgium 2022, 42 btl.)
Cognac Laurichesse Lot 75 ‘Le chef de meute’ – Grande Champagne (50,3%, Malternative Belgium 2022, 520 btl.)
Prunier Cognac ‘Claire’ Rare Reserve – Fins Bois (40%, OB 2022, 500 btl.)
Prunier Cognac Cuvée N°1 ‘Winston Churchill’ – Borderies (47%, OB 2022, 1000 btl.)
Invergordon 49 yo 1972 (40,3%, The Roots 2022, barrel, 60 btl.)
Bellevue 24 yo 1998 (51,5%, The Roots 2022, refill barrel, 115 btl.)
Prunier 82 yo ‘Lot 40’ (55%, The Roots 2022, 42 btl.)
Delamain 1963 – Grande Champagne (40%, OB +/- 2015, 180 btl.)
Vallein Tercinier ‘Lot 68’ – Fins Bois (46,3%, OB for Kirsch Import 2022, single cask, 156 btl.)
JL Pasquet ‘Lot 73 – Le Trésor du chef d’escadrons’ – Grande Champagne (50,1%, OB for Dirk Vanhoutteghem 2022, 24 btl.)
Laurichesse ‘Lot 75’ – Grande Champagne (50,4%, Malternative Belgium & The Whisky Jury 2022, 519 btl.)
Grosperrin Héritage N.72 ‘Grande Champagne’ (51,9%, Cognac Sponge 2022, 180 btl.)
Vallein Tercinier ‘Lot 66’ – Petite Champagne (51,3%, OB 2022)
Vallein Tercinier 49 yo ‘Lot 70’ – Petite Champagne (52%, OB 2022)
Cognac Park Cigar Blend ‘Vielle Fine Champagne’ (40%, OB +/- 2018)
Bache Gabrielsen 5 – VSOP (40%, OB 2021, Small Batch #1)
Cognac Héritage de René Rivière 72 yo Lot 11 ‘La Roseraie’ (40,2%, Malternative Belgium 2021, 44 btl.)
Vallein Tercinier Lot 70 – Petite Champagne (52%, OB +/- 2021)
Cognac Sponge – Grosperrin 28 yo N.90 – N.92 Fins Bois (57,7%, Decadent Drinks 2022, 210 btl.)
Cognac Vallein Tercinier ‘Rencontre 62’ 60 yo – Grande Champagne (42,6%, OB for Jack Tar & Lux Coin 2022, single dame jeanne, 100 btl.)
Cognac Marancheville A45 – Grande Champagne (42,8%, Cognac Expert ‘L’Essentiel’ 2022, three 60l casks)
Grosperrin cognac Lot 84 ‘Les Bons Vivants’ – Petite Champagne (56,6%, Malternative Belgium + Asta Maurice 2022, 263 btl.)
Cognac L’Organic L. XI – Folle Blanche – Grande Champagne (47,6%, Jean-Luc Pasquet 2022)
Cognac Delamain 40 yo 1980 – Grande Champagne (42%, OB ‘Collection Plénitude’ 2020, cask #212-01, 380 btl.)
Cognac Jean Fillioux N°55/60 (45,5%, OB for Kirsch Import & Wu Dram Clan 2022, single cask, 354 btl.)
Cognac Vallein Tercinier 33 yo Lot 88 – Bons Bois (55%, Maltbarn 2022, 142 btl.)
Cognac Jean-Luc Pasquet Lot 68-72 (66,6%, Grape of the Art 2022, single cask, 276 btl.)
Grosperrin cognac A29 – Fins Bois (47,8%, Cognac Expert ‘L’Essentiel’ 2022, single cask #940, 152 btl.)
Grosperrin cognac No.73 – Petite Champagne (54,6%, OB for Passion for Whisky 2022, lot #969, 64 btl.)
Prunier Cognac Vintage 1996 ‘Fins Bois’ (49,5%, OB +/- 2021)
Cognac Daniel Boujou Lot 60 ‘Le brûle’ – Grande Champagne (50,5%, Malternative Belgium 2022, 246 btl.)
Cognac Lot 69 ‘La Boutique’ – Petite Champagne (45,2%, Malternative Belgium 2022, 148 btl.)
Grosperrin N°52-22 ‘Fins Bois’ (46,6%, Grosperrin for Swell de Spirits 2021, 40 btl.)
Grosperrin N°33-39 ‘Grand Champagne’ (47,4%, Grosperrin for Wu Dram Clan 2021, 36 btl.)
Vallein Tercinier Small Batch 41-43 ‘Bon Bois’ (48,2%, OB for Kirsch Import 2021)
Vallein Tercinier Lot 75 ‘Petite Champagne’ (51,7%, GrapeDiggaz 2021, 252 btl.)
Grosperrin N°71 ‘Petite Champagne’ (52,3%, OB for Flickenschild 2021, 150 btl.)
Grosperrin N°65 ‘Borderies’ (56,7%, Swell de Spirits 2021, 144 btl.)
Grosperrin N°78-85 ‘Borderies’ (57,1%, Cognac Sponge 2021, 100° proof, 165 btl.)
Jean-Luc Pasquet Lot 94 ‘Petite Champagne’ – Le Cognac de Noël (46,4%, OB 2021, 876 btl.)
Jean-Luc Pasquet Lot 84 ‘Grande Champagne’ – Le Cognac de Claude (49,8%, OB 2021, 731 btl.)
Jean-Luc Pasquet 2006 Organic ‘Grande Champagne’ (50,1%, OB for Kirsch Import 2021)
Jean-Luc Pasquet 50 yo Lot 71 ‘Grande Champagne’ (51,9%, Spiritus 2021, 150 btl.)
Jean-Luc Pasquet 42 yo Lot 79 ‘Grande Champagne’ (57,8%, Malternative Belgium for Art Malts 2021, 81 btl.)
Mauxion Sélection cognac Lot 56 ‘Petite Champagne’ (45%, OB 2021)
Mauxion Sélection cognac Lot 31 ‘Très Vieux Borderies’ (43,5%, OB 2021)
Mauxion Sélection cognac Lot 14 ‘Très Vieux Borderies’ (41,2%, OB 2021)
Jean-Luc Pasquet L.83 ‘Petite Champagne’ (51,9%, Swell de Spirits ‘Wonder of the World’ 2021, 176 btl.)
Jean-Luc Pasquet L.68-72 ‘Fins Bois’ (59,1%, OB for Kirsch Import 2021)
Jean-Luc Pasquet L.71 ‘Grande Champagne’ (52%, OB ‘Esprit de Famille’ for Passion for Whisky, 72 btl.)
Cognac Bertrand MA50 ‘Les pâtissiers’ – Petite Champagne (54,8%, Malternative Belgium 2021, 228 btl.)
Cognac Jean Fillioux 1992 ‘La flèche de feu’ – Grande Champagne (43%, Malternative Belgium 2021, 252 btl.)
Cognac Jean-Luc Pasquet 63 yo 1957 Fins Bois (47,6%, OB for Old Master Spirits 2021, 70 btl.)
Cognac Jean-Luc Pasquet 36 yo 1984 (53,8%, OB for Old Master Spirits 2021)
Cognac Jean Fillioux Lot 65 – Grande Champagne ‘Avec Allure’ (47,0%, Malternative Belgium 2021, 112 btl.)
Prunier Cognac Grande Champagne 69 yo ‘Lot 51’ (58%, OB for Wine4you 2021, 42 btl.)
Prunier Fins Bois 20 yo (40%, OB +/- 2021)
Prunier Grande Champagne 40 yo (40%, OB +/- 2021)
Prunier Petite Champagne 42 yo 1979 (53,7%, OB 2021, 570 btl.)
Prunier Petite Champagne 43 yo 1977 (56,3%, OB 2021, 90 btl.)
Prunier Petite Champagne 45 yo 1975 (48,6%, OB 2021, 450 btl.)
Prunier Grande Champagne 45 yo 1975 (53,4%, OB 2021, 550 btl.)
Prunier Grande Champagne 1967 (51,9%, OB 2021)
Vallein Tercinier ’53 Carats’ Lot 68 – Petite Champagne (46,8%, Asta Maurice 2021, 120 btl.)
Cognac Prunier 59 yo 1961 Fins Bois (53%, OB for The Whisky Jury 2021, 42 btl.)
Cognac Prunier 60 yo 1960 Grande Champagne (55%, OB for The Whisky Jury 2021, 42 btl.)
Cognac Jean-Luc Pasquet Lot 62 ‘Petite Champagne’ (40,4%, OB for Wu Dram Clan 2020, 120 btl.)
Cognac Vallein Tercinier Lot n° 70 ‘Grande Champagne’ (53,7%, OB for Wu Dram Clan 2021, 114 btl.)
Cognac Prunier 1967 ‘Grande Champagne’ (52,8%, OB for Wu Dram Clan 2021, 276 btl.)
Prunier 42 yo 1979 – Petite Champagne (53,7%, The Whisky Jury 2021, 570 btl.)
New whisky (and cognac) releases this week from The Whisky Jury, The Whisky Exchange and Tobermory.
Cognac Pasquet Lot 67 – Petite Champagne ‘Le Voyageur’ (40,6%, Malternative Belgium 2021, 438 btl.)
Cognac Jean Aubineau 1957 ‘Le Têtu’ – Grande Champagne (47,3%, Malternative Belgium 2021, 50 btl.)
New and upcoming releases from Laphroaig, Waterford, Malternative Belgium, Springbank and Fettercairn
Grosperrin Heritage N.69 – Petite Champagne (48,8%, Cognac Sponge 2020, Edition No 2, 250 btl.)
Grosperrin Heritage N.68 – Fins Bois (55,4%, Cognac Sponge 2020, Edition No 3, 350 btl.)
Cognac Chollet Lot 1960 ‘Le Bon Vivant’ – Fins Bois (46,3%, Malternative Belgium, 109 btl.)
Cognac Vallein-Tercinier XO ‘Bûche de Noël’ (44%, Malternative Belgium, 150 btl.)
Cognac Héritage René Rivière Lot 1906 ‘La Fine Fleur’ (40,2%, Malternative Belgium, 44 btl.)
Cognac Pasquet ‘Lot 62’ Petite Champagne (40,1%, Malternative Belgium 2020, 200 btl.)
Vallein-Tercinier 53 yo 1967 Grande Champagne (47%, OB for Wu Dram Clan, Brut de Fût, 156 btl.)
Cognac Petite Champagne 49 yo 1970 (49,2%, The Whisky Agency 2019, Lot 19 No. 70, single barrel, 234 btl.)
The second release from the recently restarted Malternative Belgium is a Cognac from around 1913 from the same […]
Héritage de René Rivière cognac ‘Avant 1925’ Borderies (49%, Malternative 2020, 66 btl.)
Speyside Single Malt 20 yo 1998 (47,1%, Whisky Works 2019, cognac finish, 1593 btl.)
Big Peat 33 yo 1985 (47,2%, Douglas Laing 2019, cognac + sherry finish, 1500 btl.)
Vallein Tercinier 33 yo ‘Lot 86’ Fins Bois (49%, Maltbarn 2019, 160 btl.)
Cognac 1954 Fins Bois (48,1%, Pieter Knapen 2019, 42 btl.)
Vallein Tercinier 27 yo ‘Lot 90’ (49,7%, Maltbarn 2018, Grande Champagne, 150 btl.)
Teeling Revival 12 yo (46%, OB 2018, cognac & brandy finish, 15.000 btl.)
Vallein-Tercinier VT 46 (46%, OB 2017)
Cognac Grande Champagne Lot 19 No. 24 (43,1%, The Whisky Agency 2016, 38 btl.)
Cognac Petite Champagne 42 yo 1973 (49%, The Whisky Agency 2016, 483 btl.)
Vallein-Tercinier cognac: 1973, L’érotique 1969, Lot 65, Très Vieux Fins Bois, Rue 34
Cognac Vallein – Tercinier: Napoléon, Fine Champagne XO, Hors d’Âge, Lot 90 for Malternative & Liquid Art
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