This XO miniature collection of Tesseron Cognac consists of 4 miniature XO bottles (each of 5 cl). It contains Tesseron classics Lot N°29, N°53, N°76, and N°90 XO cognacs. This is a perfect gift for anyone who would like to discover the world of Tesseron Cognac, or indeed for anyone who is curious about cognac and its different aromas.
Tesseron Lot N°53 XO Perfection is a cognac made from Ugni Blanc and Colombard grapes. The blend consists of Grande Champagne eaux-de-vie. The cognacs were aged more than two generations in wooden barrels from Limousin.
Four stars and Highly Recommended by F. Paul Pacult of Spirit Journal: Bronze/copper/ topaz color; ideal purity. This aroma owns a similar nut paste/oak scent as the Lot No. 53; with further air exposure, the bouquet takes on an orangy/citrusy leaning as the smell turns fruiter the more it aerates; lovely and compelling. The palate entry is supple, fruity sweet, and ripe; the midpalate stage highlights melded flavors of light caramel, marzipan, and nougat. Ends up oaky sweet, lightly spiced, and satiny. Like this cognac very much.
The original jewel of the Tesseron collection of Cognacs; a unique blend of legendary Grande Champagne Cognacs, including many of the finest of their oldest and rarest stocks distilled in 1920s, with 5% of the blend from 1905, and lovingly aged for three generations. It includes some Colombard and Folle Blanche. To us, this is as good a Cognac as we are ever likely to taste. You can get older and rarer, yet this wine will never suffer by comparison. It is remarkably pure and refined with floral, spices and green chartreuse hints. The palate is impeccably fine and balanced with a souring finish, seemingly free of spirit and beyond description. Mike Bennie nailed it with, Wow. Both sizes also come in a heavy, 'blown' bottle packaged in a beautiful presentation box. This sits in the 'classic range' but is called 'Exception' because 'this is where Grande Champagne really soars'. Distilled in the 1920s and contains some colombard and folle blanche. 'This is pretty much what I consider my grandfather's Cognac, 1920s distilled but with a portion from a 1905 demi-john. For me this is a bit like a book, every time you go back to it it changes, something very special; the rancio is quite strong, but very different from the 1953; very special for us, and very rare to have it tasted, if at all. Very rare bottle, but this is our first visit to Australia so I really wanted to show it' so sayeth Melanie Tesseron. Bright golden with orange hue. Amazing aromatics; amazing. Incredible to inhale, no higher alcohol burn to turn a head away, but rich, sweet-tinged, spicy and fruity, even. There's the warmth of charred oak, wet logs, sandalwood and dark chocolate too. Feels so very smooth, lathed, slippery and yet insanely deep - triggers of fine woods, fresh honey, light rancio and a kind of liquid-mineral vein, firing in volleys within the contained frame of the Cognac. And while the texture remains supple, there's a long, slow burn of campfire-like embers to close; it glows with a definitive sweetness, and then ebbs away with freshening floral, toffee notes and an almost briny tang. Wow. Wow.
Cognac Tesseron Lot N°76 XO Tradition is made from Ugni Blanc Grapes, and a pure Grande Champagne blend. Champagne AGED: More than one generation in Limousin oak casks
Tesseron Lot N° 90 X.O Sélection is an assembly whose freshness and purity owe all with the promptness of our brandies. A particularly tempting alliance of ardour and complexity that some cubes of ice will be able to emphasize perfectly. A first unforgettable meeting with a large cognac.