List of all my bottles, open, closed or finished:
In my cabinet are, open or closed:
Conte Filles – 45.3%, fins bois
Conte Filles – Petite champagne 53.8%, le plus jeune est de 1999
Conte Filles – Héritage, fine champagne
Bouju – Napoleon, grande champagne
Crois Maron – XO, grande champagne
Grosperrin – 1988 vintage, fins bois (B. 2024)
Grosperrin – No.70 Héritage, borderies (b. 2024)
Laurent Merlin – Hors Pair, petite champagne
Laurichesse – Le Chai de Mon Père Fût 301, grande champagne
Laurichesse – Le chai de Mon Père Fût 104, grande champagne
Lebecq – Exigence van Delaunay, grande champagne
M&I Spirits – VS, grande champagne
M&I Spirits – VSOP, grande champagne
M&I Spirits – XO, grande champagne
Maxime Trijol – Édition Limité, Colombard
Michel Bureau – Vieille Réserve, petite champagne
Michel Bureau – Le Secret, petite champagne
Paul Beau – Vieille Réserve, grande champagne
Pegley – XO, bons bois
Prunier – Horizon, fine champagne
Prunier – 1981 vintage, grande champagne b. 2015
Prunier – 1986 vintage, fins bois b. 2012
Raison Personelle – 5.0, grande champagne
Raymond Ragnaud – vintage 1988, grande champagne
Raymond Ragnaud – vintage 1991, grande champagne
Remy Martin – Napoleon (1970s)
Remy Martin – Napoleon (1980s)
Saunier – Excellence Hors d’Age, Grande champagne
Already emptied bottles:
AE Dor – XO, grande champagne
AE Dor – No. 6, grande champagne
AE Dor – XO Opera (old reserve), grande Champagne (9)
AE Dor – Napoléon (opera-serie)
AE Dor – Albane, grande champagne
AE Dor – Legend (opera-serie)
AE Dor – Réserve Spéciale 1968, petite champagne
Aubineau – n.a. (1957)
Audry – memorial, fine champagne (10)
Audry – XO, fine champagne
Bache-Gabrielsen – Hors d’Age, grande champagne
Bache-Gabrielsen – 1971 Vintage, borderies (10)
Bache-Gabrielsen – 1988 Vintage, fins bois
Bache-Gabrielsen – 1990 Mr. Garraud, single estate borderies 55°
Bache-Gabrielsen – Solène Tres Vieux, grande champagne
Bache-Gabrielsen – Très Vieux, grande champagne
Bache-Gabrielsen – Sérénité Extra, grande champagne
Bache-Gabrielsen – Liberté 1944-1945, grande champagne
Baron (Veuve) – XO, borderies
Baron (Veuve) – Hors d’Age, borderies
Baron de l’If – Très Vieille Réserve Familiale
Bel Ange – Extra Paradisiaque, 44%, Fine Petite Champ 5 cl. (9)
Berry Brothers & Rudd – XO, Grande Champagne (Frapin)
Blanchet – XO, blend
Bobé, Jean – Hors d’Age, petite fine champagne
Bossis – XO Edition Limitée No. 1, fins bois
Bouju – Napoleon, grande champagne
Bouju – XO, Grande Champagne
Bouju – Extra, Grande Champagne
Bouju – Très Vieux Brut de Fût 50%, grande champagne
Bourgoin – 22 ans, Fins Bois
Bouron – Héritage, blend
Boutinet (Pierre) – Extra, Fins Bois
Camus – VSOP, borderies
Camus – XO Borderies (9)
Chainier – Très Vieille Réserve, petite champagne
Charbonneau – VSOP Borderies
Chateau de Beaulon – Napoléon, Fins bois, colombard, montils, folle blanche (1980s)
Chateau de Beaulon – 7 ans, Fins bois, Folle Blanche
Chateau de Beaulon – 12 ans, Fins bois, Folle Blanche, Montils, Colombard
Chateau de Beaulon – XO Napoleon 20 years, Fins Bois (9)
Chateau de Beaulon – XO 1971 vintage, single estate, Fins Bois (10)
Chateau de Beaulon Très Vieille Réserve Du Chateau, 1976 vintage, single estate Montils, Colombard, Folle Blanche (10)
Chateau Guynot – Napoléon Héritage, Fins bois
Chez Bacou – XO, Grande champagne
Chateau Montifaud – XO, Petite champagne
Chateau Montifaud – 10 YO, Grande champagne
Chateau Montifaud – XO Silver, Petite champagne
Chateau Montifaud – 150th Anniversary, Petite champagne
Chollet – XO Extra, fins bois
Clos de la Groie – XO, Fins bois
Couprie – Hors d’Age, Grande champagne (9)
Couprie – Napoleon, Grande champagne
Davidoff – XO, Blend
Delamain – Malavile, Grande champagne
Delamain – Sélection, grande champagne
Delamain – Très Vénerable, Grande champagne
Delamain – XO Pale & Dry, Grande champagne
Delamain – XO Christmas, Grande champagne
Delamain – Vesper, Grande champagne, 1990s bottling (10)
Delamain – Vesper (2020), Grande champagne
Delaunay, M – L’exigence, extra vieux (blend of 1948, 1965 and 1968), Grande champagne (9)
Delaunay – Vieux, grande champagne
De Montleau – Impérial Hors d’Age
Denis Mounié, Edouard VII, Grande Reserve, Très Rare, Fine champagne (9)
Dhiersat, XO, fins bois
Domaine des Brissons de Laage (Bertrand) – Napoléon, Petite champagne
Domaine Landreau – XO, Grande champagne
Drouet – Paradis de Famille, Grande champagne
Dudognon – Héritage, Grande champagne
Dudognon – Reserve des Ancetres
Dupont – Art Noveau, Grande champagne
Dupuy – Vintage 1971 Borderies
Dupuy – Vintage 1988 Fins bois
Font Borne – Héritage, Grande champagne
Forgeron – Vieille Réserve, Grande champagne
Forgeron – Réserve Spécial Folle Blanche 2005, Grande champagne
Forgeron – Vieille Réserve, Grande champagne
Fougerat – Laurier d’Apollon, Fins bois
Fougerat – Petite Ciguë, Fins bois
Fougerat – Cèdre Blanc, Fins bois
Fougerat – Iris Poivré, Fins bois
François Peyrot – Napoleon, grande champagne
François Peyrot – XO, Grande champagne
François Peyrot – Héritage, Grande champagne
Frapin – Secret Treasures 1990 (12 ans), Grande champagne, single cask
Frapin – Chateau de Fontpinot – Vieille Réserve du Chateau, Grande champagne, 1990s bottling (10)
Frapin – Millésimé 1988, Grande champagne
Frapin – millésimé 1989 20 yo, grande champagne
Frapin – millésimé 1991 20 yo, Grande champagne
Frapin – millésimé 1992, Grande champagne
Frapin – Secret Treasures 12 Ans, Grande champagne (9)
Frapin – Vieille Grande Fine champagne, 1990s bottling (10)
Frapin – VS, Grande champagne
Frapin – XO V.I.P., Grande champagne
Gauthier, Bernard – XO, Grande champagne
Gassies – Vat 93, fine champagneGeffard – Très Vieille Réserve, Grande champagne
Giboin – Napoleon, Borderies
Giboin, XO Borderies
Giboin – Hermitage, Borderies (9)
Giraud, Paul – Très Rare Grande champagne (9)
Godet – Reserve de la Famille, Grande champagne Ambleville, 350 ml (8)
Godet – Reserve de la Famille, Grande champagne Extra Vieille, 350 ml (8)
Godet – Reserve de la Famille, Vieilles Borderies, 350 ml (8)
Godet – XO, Fine champagne
Gourmel, Age du Fruit, Fins bois
Gourmel, Age des Fleurs, Fins bois
Gourmel – Age des Épices, Fins bois
Goyon – XO, Petite champagne (8)
Goyon – Vieille Réserve, Petite champagne
Grateaud – Hors d’Age, Borderies
Grosperrin, 1976, 25 ans, Petite champagne
Grosperrin, 1975, Bons bois
Grosperrin – XO, Fine champagne
Guillon-Painturaud – Hors d’Age (30 jaar), Grande champagne
Guillon-Painturaud – Vieille Réserve, Grande champagne
Guy de Bersac – 12 Ans, Grande champagne
Guy de Bersac – XO, Grande champage
Gyl Richard – XO, Petite champagne
Hardy – XO Rare, Fine champagne
Hardy – Fine champagne
Hardy – Réserve de la Famille, Grande champagne
Hardy – Noces d’Or, Grande champagne (9)
Hennessy – Izambard
Hennessy – XO
Hine – Antique, Fine champagne (9)
Hine – Antique, Grande champagne (9)
Hine – Homage, Fine champagne, 1984-1986-1987 (9)
Hine – Rare VSOP, Fine champagne
Hivert-Pellevoisin – Louise Hivert XO
Jacques Estève – Hors d’Age Très Vieille Petite Fine champagne (9)
Jacques Estève – Très Vieux Cognac de la Proprieté, Petite champagne
Jean Fillioux – Très Vieux, Grande champagne
Jean Fillioux – Réserve Familiale Tres Vieille, Grande champagne
Jean Fillioux – Vintage 1965, Grande champagne
Jean Fillioux – Cask 88, Grande champagne
Jean Fillioux – XO, Grande champagne
Jobet – Héritage Réserve de grand-père, fins bois
La Grange du Bois – Vieux Cognac, Petite champagne
La Grange du Bois – Extra, Petite champagne
Landier – XO, Fins bois
Landreau – Hors d’Age
Landry (Domaine de Beaulieu) – Hors d’Age, Petite champagne
Larsen – XO, blend
Lascaux – XO, Grande champagne
Laurent Merlin – Hors Pair, Petite champagne (9)
Lavoisier – Napoleon, Grande champagne
Lebecq – XO, Grande champagne
Lebecq, La Référence no 92, Petite champagne
Lecat – Mémoires, Fins bois
Leyrat – XO Elite, Fins bois
Lhéraud – XO Charles VII, Petite champagne
Logis de la Mothe – unqualified, Grande champagne (May 2024)
Logis de Montifaud – XO, Grande champagne
Logis de Montifaud – 1995, Grande champagne
Logis de Montifaud – Vieille Réserve, Grande champagne
Louis Royer – Cognac Rare, Borderies
Louis Royer – Très Vieux, Petite champagne
Louis Royer – Vieux Cognac, Fins bois
Louis Royer – Très Vieux Cognac, Grande champagne
Marcadier-Barbot – Hors d’Age, Grande champagne
Marcel Dubreuil – Très Vieux, Grande champagne
Marcel Dubreuil, Très Vieux “la Sentinelle”, Grande champagne
Marett – XO
Martell – XO Suprème
Martell – Cordon Bleu, 1990s bottling (10)
Martell – Cordon Rubis
Martinaud – Vieille Réserve, Fine champagne
Maxime Trijol – Dry Collection no. 1, Very Old, Grande champagne
Maxime Trijol – Édition Limité, Colombard
Maxime Trijol – Extra
Maxime Trijol – vintage 1975, Fins bois
Maxime Trijol – vintage 1979, Fins bois
Maxime Trijol – vintage 1980, fins bois
Maxime Trijol – vintage 1989, grande champagne
Ménard – XO, Grande champagne
Ménard – Ancestrale, Grande champagne
Méry – XO, Grande fine champagne
Méry – Melrose – XO, Grande champagne
Meukow – XO (9)
Navarre – Vieille Réserve, Grande champagne
Navarre – Cravache d’Or, Grande champagne
Navarre – Souvenir Impérial, Grande champagne
Normandin-Mercier – La Péraudière, Grande champagne
Normandin-Mercier – XO 30 years old, grande champagne
Ordonneau – Très Vieille Réserve, Borderies
Painturaud – XO, Grande champagne
Painturaud – Hors d’Age, Grande champagne
Park – Chai no.8, Petite champagne
Paris – Excellence 60 years old, grande champagne
Pasquet – Très Vieille Réserve, Grande champagne
Pasquet – Nostalgie, Grande champagne
Paul Beau – Hors d’Age, Très Vieille Grande champagne
Paul Beau – Extra Vieille, Borderies
Paul Beau – Vieille Réserve, Grande champagne
Paul Landreau, Vieille Réserve, Grande champagne
Petit, André – XO Tres Rare Extra, blend (9)
Petit, XO Extra, blend
Pierre de Segonzac – XO private collection, Borderies
Pierre de Segonzac – XO Selection des Anges, Grande champagne
Pierre de Segonzac – Extra, Grande champagne
Prunier – Borderies, Spécial Réserve 50 cl
Prunier – XO Très Vieille Grande champagne (8)
Prunier – 20 years old, fins bois
Raby – Extra, Grande champagne (8)
Ragnaud Marcel – Grande Réserve Fontvieille, Grande champagne (9)
Ragnaud Marcel – Fontvieille No. 35, Grande champagne
Raymond Ragnaud – Réserve, Grande champagne (5cl)
Ragnaud Sabourin – Marcel Ragnaud, Réserve Spéciale, Grande champage
Ragnaud-Sabourin – Florilège, Grande champagne (10)
Ragnaud-Sabourin – Fontvieille no. 35, Grande champagne
Raymond Desse – Héritage, Grande champagne
Raymond Ragnaud – Grande Réserve, Grande champagne
Raymond Ragnaud – Selection, Grande champagne
Rémy Martin – Coeur de Cognac, Fine champagne
Rémy Martin – Club, Fine champagne
Rémy Martin – Extra, fine champagne (early 1970s bottle)
Rémy Martin – XO Excellence, Fine champagne
René Rivière (Héritage) – Vénérable Borderies
René Rivière (Héritage) – Réserve de la Famille, Borderies
Roullet – Très Vieille, Fins bois
Roullet – XO Royal, Fins bois
Roullet – XO, Fins bois
Sarrazin – Hors d’Age, Fins bois
Sarrazin – Extra Old, Fins bois
Saunier – Excellence Hors d’Age, Grande champagne
Serplet – XO, Grande champagne
Serplet – Hors d’Age, Grande champagne
Tesseron – XO Collection, Lot no 29, Grande champagne (miniatuur)
Tesseron – XO Tradition, Lot no 53, Grande champagne (miniatuur)
Tesseron – XO Perfection, Lot no 76, Grande champagne (miniatuur)
Tesseron – XO Exception, Lot no 90, blend (Grande champagne, Petite champagne, Fins bois) (miniatuur)
Testaud – Réserve d’Antan, Grande fine champ
Testaud – Vieille Réserve, blend
Tiffon – Grande champagne (9)
Tourny – Hors d’Age, Borderies
Vallein Tercinier – Hors d’Age, blend
Vallein Tercinier – Très Vieux Fins bois (10)
Vallein – Tercinier Hors d’age, Hors d’age 5th anniversary edition Wine4You, Grande and Petite champagne
Vallein-Tercinier – Lot no.75, Très Vieux Brut de Fût (47%), Fins bois
Vallein-Tercinier – Lot no.89, Très Vieux Brut de Fût (48.5%), Fins bois
Vallein-Tercinier – vintage 1989, fins bois
Vallein-Tercinier – Lot 73 brut de fut 48.4%, petite champagne
Vaudon – Extra (48%), Fins bois (9)
Voyer – XO Gold, Grande champagne
Voyer – Extra, Grande champagne
Voyer – Hors d’Age (43%), Grande champagne
Tasted in tastings or other events:
ABK6 – Rare XO, petite champagne and fins bois (Oct 2019)
ABK6 – XO Renaissannce, petite champagne and fins bois (Oct 2019)
ABK6 – Vintage 1985, petite champagne and fins bois (Oct 2019)
AE Dor – Vintage 1811, Roi de Rome, Très Vieille (Jan 2012; 10++)
AE Dor – Vintage 1834, Prince Albert, vieille fine champagne (Jan 2012; 10)
AE Dor – Vintage 1840, Louis Philippe, vieille fine champagne (Jan 2012; 10)
AE Dor – Vintage 1895 (Jan 2012; 10)
AE Dor – Vintage 1923, grande champagne (Jan 2012; 10)
Albert Jarreaud – 1852 (Jan 2012;10)
André Petite – Grande Réserve de la Famille, blend (Dec 2021)
Aubineau – fins bois (Nov 2022)
Audry – Napoléon, fine champagne (Mrt 2015)
Audry – Aristide, grande champagne (Mrt 2011; 10)
Augier – Singulier, folle blanche fine champagne (Oct 2019)
Augier – Sauvage, petite champagne (Oct 2019)
Bache Gabrielsen – Dry & Rustic, Borderies (Apr 2024)
Balluet – Napoléon (40 years old) fins bois (Nov 2017)
Barrière Frères – 1893 (Feb 2023)
Bel Ange – Paradisiaque (Feb 2023)
Berry Brothers & Rudd – 1922-2022 (Feb 2023; 9)
Bisquit – VSOP (1950s bottling) (Feb 2023)
Bisquit – 1922 (Apr 2023)
Blanleuil – XO Spécial, grande champagne (Sep 2014)
Bouju – Sélection Spécial, grande champagne (Mrt 2011)
Bouju – Flamme d’Or, grande champagne (Sep 2014)
Bouju – Royal Brut de Fût 60%, grande champagne (Nov 2017)
Bouju – XO no. 27, grande champagne (Nov 2022)
Bouron – Très Vieille Réserve (May 2019)
Bouron – Sublime (140 years old, blend (Jun 2018; 10+)
Braastad – Extra (Oct 2023)
Braastad Gaby Studer – La Source limited ed (Oct 2023)
Briand – Héritage Madame Gaston Briand (Feb 2023; 9)
Brillet – Très Vielle XO, grande champagne (Nov 2010)
Broussault – Réserve des Pyramids (150 years old) (Apr 2011)
Camus – Port cask finish (May 2019)
Camus – VSOP, 1940s bottling (Apr 2024)
Camus Extra 48.8 angels share (Apr 2019)
Chainier – Très Vieille Réserve, petite champagne (May 2016)
Chateau de Beaulon – Vintage 1975 XO foll banche-montils-colombard, fins bois (2001; 9)
Chateau de Beaulon – Vintage 1980, fins bois (Oct 2021)
Chateau de Beaulon – Vintage 1983 Très Vieille Réserve du Chateau, g.c. foll banche-montils-colombard (Apr 2011; 10)
Chateau de Montifaud – XO Silver, petite champagne (May 2016)
Chateau de Montifaud – Héritage Louis Vallet, petite champagne (Jul 2013)
Chateau de Montifaud – Extra, petite champagne (Sep 2014)
Chateau de Montifaud – 1985 H&H Sélection Expo, petite champagne (Apr 2019)
Chollet – 1967 petite champagne (Apr 2019)
Choloux – Grande Réserve, bons bois (May 2018)
Comandon – XO, blend (Nov 2013)
Comte de Roffignac – Reserve, blend (Jul 2024)
Conte & Filles – Héritage, petite champagne (Oct 2019)
Couprie, Ancestral, grande champagne (Jul 2024)
Couprie – Napoléon, grande champagne (Sep 2020)
Couprie – XO, grande champagne (Sep 2020)
Couprie – Hors d´Age, grande champagne (Sep 2020)
Couprie – vintage 1903, grande champagne (Sep 2020)
Couprie – vintage 1936, grande champagne (Sep 2020)
Couprie – Héritage, grande champagne (Oct 2021)
Courvoisier – Napoléon, fine champagne (May 2011)
Courvoisier – Napoléon, fine champagne; old bottle (May 2023)
Courvoisier – XO, Le Voyage, blend (May 2024)
Courvoisier – XO Impérial, blend (Nov 2010)
Courvoisier – Initiale Extra (Apr 2019)
Croisard – XO (Apr 2024)
Croizet – Vintage 1928 Grande Réserve (June 2012, Dec 2012)
Croizet – 50 ans (Jan 2012; 9)
Croizet – Flaville (Apr 2024)
D’Aincourt, XO Rare (Nov 2019)
Deau – vintage 1999 47%, blend (Apr 2019)
Deau – La Vie en Or (Apr 2019)
Deau – Louis Memory (Oct 2019; 9)
Deau – Reserve no. 1, 1830-1888 (Apr 2024)
De Luze – Réserve de la Maison, mid 1800s, bottled 1920s (Dec 2019)
Delamain – Collection Jarnac, grande champagne (Apr 2023)
Delamain – Vintage 1960, grande champagne (1994; 10)
Delamain – Vintage 1963, grande champagne (Jul 2013; 9)
Delamain – Single Vineyard Ségonzac, grande champagne (May 2018; 9)
Delamain – Réserve de la Famille, grande champagne (Oct 2021)
Delamain – Très Vieux (Feb 2023)
De Laroche – Vieille Réserve (Dec 2021)
De Laroche – 100 YO (Feb 2023)
Denis Mounié – Gold Leaf, blend (Dec 2017)
Denis Mounié – XO Napoléon, blend (Dec 2017; 9)
Denis Mounié – Edouard VII, grande champagne (Nov 2014)
Denis Mounié – Vintage 1961, grande champagne (B 1975) (Nov 2018)
Dolamore – Special Liqueur, grande champagne (Nov 2022)
Domaine des Brissons – 12 ans, borderies (May 2011)
Domaine des Brissons – Napoléon, petite champagne (Dec 2015)
Domaine du Puits Fauchon – XO, borderies (May 2023)
Domaine Landreau – XO, grande champagne (Sep 2021)
Drouet – Fine Melina, grande champagne (Nov 2011)
Dumergue – Hors d’Age, fins bois (Nov 2017)
Dupont – Single Art Moment 1, grande champagne (May 2023)
Egretaux – XO, fins bois (Dec 2015)
Estève – Sélection Coup de Coeur, fins bois (Nov 2013; 9)
Estève – Très Vieux Cognac de la Propriété, petite champagne (Mar 2015)
Estève – Réserve Ancestral, petite champagne (May 2023)
Fillioux – Trough the Grapevine cask 75, grande champagne (May 2018)
Fillioux – Trough the Grapevin Lot no. 63, grande champagne (Jul 2024; 9)
Fillioux – 16 ans, gande champagne (Dec 2021)
Fillioux – 1994 20 yo, gande champagne (Dec 2021)
Fillioux – 1982 37 yo, gande champagne (Dec 2021)
Fillioux – Hors d’Age, gande champagne (Dec 2021)
Fillioux – 1974 exclusive edition 46 yo, gande champagne (Dec 2021)
Fillioux – 1968 exclusive edition 52 yo, gande champagne (Dec 2021)
Fillioux – 1965 No. 97 55 yo, gande champagne (Dec 2021)
Fillioux – 52/55, gande champagne (Dec 2021)
Fillioux – No. 1 60 yo exclusive edition, gande champagne (Dec 2021; 9)
Fillioux – P.8 60 yo exclusive private edition, gande champagne (Dec 2021; 9)
Fillioux – Cognactheek’s Selection no. 2, Grande chaampagne (Apr 2024)
Forgeron – Folle blanche 2007 (b 2023), Grande champagne (May 2024)
Fourcade – VSOP, bons bois (Jun 2012)
Fradon – VSOP, petite champagne (Mar 2015)
Frapin – Extra Réserve Patrimoniale, grande champagne (Jul 2013)
Frapin – 15 YO (Oct 2023)
Frapin – Très Vieille (1910s bottling) (Oct 2019; 10)
Frapin – 1848 vintage (Jan 2012; 10)
Frapin – 1944 (bottled 1959) (Oct 2023)
Frapin – 1988 25 years old (Apr 2019)
Frapin – 1991 20 years old (Apr 2019)
Frapin – Extra (Sep 2020)
Frapin – Cigar Blend (Sep 2020)
Frapin – Plume (Sep 2020)
Frolet – XO, Petite champagne (May 2024)
Fussigny – XO, fine champagne (Oct 2019)
Gauthier – XO Extra, grande champagne (Nov 2018)
Gautier – XO Extra, blend (Nov 2011)
Gautier – XO 1755 (= Extra) (Jun 2012)
Gautier – Tradition Rare, blend (Oct 2021)
Gautier – VOGF, grande champagne (May 2023; 9)
Giboin – XO Royal, borderies (Sep 2021)
Giboin – 1995 vintage, borderies (Sep 2021)
Giboin – 1974 vintage, borderies (Sep 2021)
Giraud – Napoléon, grande champagne (Sep 2014)
Giraud – 1999, grande champagne (Apr 2019; 9)
Giraud – Héritage (Feb 2023; 9)
Godet – Antarctica (Dec 2011)
Godet – Terre (Sep 2021)
Godet – 1921 (Apr 2023)
Gourmel – Quintessence 30 carats, fins bois (Jul 2013; 9)
Gousseland – XO, bons bois (Dec 2015)
Goyon – XO, petite champagne (Mar 2015)
Goyon – Vieille Réserve, petite champagne (Nov 2018; 9)
Grafé Lecocq – VSOP-Hors d’age, blend (May 2024)
Grand Breuil – XO, fine champagne (May 2011)
Grange du Bois – ‘L’ (Oct 2021; 9)
Grosperrin – VSOP 41%, petite champagne (May 2012)
Grosperrin – 1990 46.5% (May 2012)
Grosperrin – Isle d’Oléron, bois ordinaires (May 2012)
Grosperrin – 1952/1922, fins bois (Jul 2024; 9,5)
Grosperrin – 1982 50%, fins bois (May 2012)
Grosperrin – 1979 49.7%, bons bois (May 2012)
Grosperrin – 20 ans 58.4%, borderies (May 2012)
Grosperrin, 32 ans, Fins bois (May 2024)
Grosperrin – XO 42.5%, fine champagne (May 2012)
Grosperrin – 1988, grande champagne (Apr 2019)
Grosperrin – Très vieux 43% (Paul Beau cask, fût debout), grande champagne (Nov 2022)
Grosperrin – No. 45, Fins bois (Apr 2024)
Grosperrin – Paul Beau Tannique, grande champagne (Jul 2024)
Hardy – Noces d’Or, grande champagne (Jul 2013; 10)
Hennessy – Reserve VSOP, blend (Nove 2017)
Hennessy – Cuvée Supérieure, Grande champagne (Apr 2024)
Hennessy – Paradis, blend (Sep 2009; 10)
Hennessy – Paradis Impérial, blend (Sep 2009; 10)
Hennessy – Richard, blend (Sep 2009; 10)
Héritage René Rivière – Vénérable (Oct 2021)
Héritage René Rivière – Apanage (Apr 2023)
Hine – XO, grande champagne (Sep 2021)
Hine – XO 100th, grande champagne (Sep 2021)
Hine – Orangerie XO, grande champagne (Sep 2021)
Hine – Bonneuil 2006, grande champagne (Sep 2021)
Hine – Bonneuil 2008, grande champagne (Sep 2021)
Hine – Antique, around 1960 bottling (Apr 2024)
Ivaldi – VVSOP (Apr 2024)
Jacques Denis, Vieille Réserve, grande champagne (Jul 2024)
Jacques Lagan – Brut de Fûts 1914 (Oct 2021)
Jensen – XO, grande champagne (Oct 2021)
Jon Bertelsen – 8 Underdrivelse 1971 (Nov 2019)
Josepg Guy – XO, blend (Jun 2012)
Jules Duret – Lot 24, grande champagne (B 1896) folle blanche (Nov 2011; 10)
Lasdoux – XO, petite champagne (May 2016)
Laurent Merlin – 1956, Petite champagne (Apr 2024)
Laurent Merlin – 1966, Petite champagne (Apr 2024)
Lebecq – 1928, grande champagne (Nov 2019; 10)
Lebecq – La Référence no. 28, grande champagne folle blanche (Sep 2020)
Leyrat – Hors d’Age, fins bois (Dec 2021)
Logis de la Mothe – no age indication (Apr 2024)
Logis de la Mothe – VXO (Apr 2024)
Logis de la Mothe, VXO, grande champagne 1950s (Dec 2019)
Logis de la Mothe, grande champagne 1950s (Dec 2019)
Logis de la Mothe, Fine grande champagne (May 2018)
Logis de Montifaud – 1995, grande champagne (Nov 2019)
Logis de Montifaud – XO Extra 1968, grande champagne (Nov 2013; 9)
Logis de Montifaud – XO, grande champagne (May 2015; 9)
Logis de Montifaud – L50, petite champagne (Jul 2024)
Louis Royer – bons bois (Apr 2011)
Louis Royer – VSOP, fine champagne (Nov 2010)
Madesclaire – Vieux 1936 38/40 (Nov 2014)
MCT (Maison Coquard Thomas) – XO (May 2019)
Marc Dubois – XO (b.1979), petite champagne (Nov 2022)
Marcadier-Barbot – XO, grande champagne (Nov 2014)
Marcadier-Barbot – Hors d’Age, grande champagne (May 2016)
Marquis C. de Genet – Premier Empire 1809 folle blanche, grande champagne (Nov 2011; 10)
Martell – three stars (1980s bottle), blend (Dec 2017)
Martell – three stars (1970s bottle), blend (Dec 2017)
Martell – three stars (1960s bottle), blend (Dec 2017)
Martell – Cordon Rubis, blend (1995)
Martell – Noblige (May 2019)
Martell – 1968, blend (Feb 2023)
Mauxion – 1945 (b 2024), Petite champagne (May 2024)
Mauxion – 1976 52.3%, Bons bois (May 2024)
Menard – Ancestral, grande champagne (Nov 2018)
Menard – Très Vieille Cognac Héritage, grande champagne (Apr 2023)
Meukow – XO, grande champagne (Nov 2013)
Meukow – Extra, grande champagne (Juli 2019)
Meukow – NPU, grande champagne (Dec 2019)
Michel Bureau – Collection de Maître de chai No. 1, Petite champagne (Apr 2024)
Mock – 1972, Petite champagne (Apr 2024; 9)
Moine Frères – Hors d’Age (1975-77-79-90) (Apr 2019)
Monnet – three stars (1950s bottle), (Nov 2018)
Monnet – Regal (Dec 2019)
Montleau, de – Autour de 1942, fins bois (Jul 2024)
Mortier – Gérant de Lafitte Rothschild 1878 folle blanche, grande champagne (Nov 2011; 10)
Motard – XO, bons bois (Nov 2013)
Montleau – Autour 1942, Petite champagne (Apr 2024)
Moullon – grande champagne (Apr 2014)
Naud – Extra, blend (Oct 2019; 10)
Navarre – Nr. 79, grande champagne 49,5% special édition (Nov 2019)
Navarre – Souvenir Impérial, grande champagne (Sep 2020)
Navarre – Lot no. 93; 48.9%, grande champagne (Jul 2024)
Normandin-Mercier – Très Vieille, grande champagne (Sep 2021; 10)
Normandin-Mercier – Rare, grande champagne (Feb 2023)
Ordonneau – Extra, borderies (Oct 2019)
Ordonneau – Très Vieille Réserve (May 2019)
Otard – three stars (1950s) (May 2019, Oct 2019)
Otard – XO, blend (Nov 2011)
Otard – Réserve, blend (Nov 2010)
Otard – Extra 1795, blend (Jul 2013; 9)
Painturaud – Génerations (Apr 2019)
Paris – Napoleon, grande champagne (Sep 2021)
Paris – XO Extra, grande champagne (Sep 2021)
Paris – Réserve du Patriarche, grande champagne (Sep 2021)
Paris – Grande Réserve, grande champagne (Sep 2021)
Paris – Excellence, grande champagne (Sep 2021; 9)
Paris – Très Vieille Réserve 1928, grande champagne (Sep 2021; 10)
Paris – Elixir 1918, grande champagne (Sep 2021)
Paris – Cuvée des Rois 1903, grande champagne (Sep 2021)
Paris – Vintage 1960, grande champagne (Sep 2021)
Paris – Vintage 1980, grande champagne (Sep 2021)
Paul Beau – VSOP grande champagne (Dec 2015)
Paul Bossuet – Cordon d’Or, fins bois (Nov 2022)
Park – borderies (May 2011)
Park – Mizunara, borderies (May 2018)
Park – Mizunara, 10 year old borderies (Oct 2019)
Park – Mizunara, 12 year old borderies, single cask limited edition (Oct 2019)
Park – XO Extra, grande champagne (Mrt 2013, Oct 2019; 9)
Park – 1970 fins bois (Oct 2021)
Park – Vieille Grande Champagne (Apr 2023)
Pasquet – Tradition Familiale, fine champagne (Apr 2011)
Pasquet – XO, grande champagne (Nov 2014)
Pasquet – L’Esprit de Famille Elisabeth, Petite champagne (May 2024)
Pasquet – Le Cognac de Paul (Paul Lamaure), Petite champagne (Apr 2024)
Patrick Bisseuil – Très Vieux (Nov 2018)
Pellevoisin (Hivert) – 1840 folle blanche, grande champagne (Nov 2011; 10)
Philippe de Castaigne – Réserve Ancienne, fins bois (Nov 2013)
Philippe de Castaigne – Extra Vieux, grande champagne (Nov 2013)
Philippon – Héritage de mes Aïeux, petite champagne (Jul 2024)
Pierre de Segonzac – XO Sélection des Anges, grande champagne (Dec 2015)
Pierre de Segonzac – Ancestrale, grande champagne (Nov 2017; 9)
Pierre de Segonzac – XO, borderies (Sep 2021)
Pierre de Segonzac – XO, grande champagne (Sep 2021)
Pierre Ferrand – Abel, grande champagne (Nov 2011)
Pierre Ferrand – Réserve, grande champagne (Jun 2012)
Pinard – XO biologique, fins bois (Nov 2017)
Pouilloux – XO, petite champagne (Dec 2015)
Pouzet, Jean Pierre – Très vieux, borderies (Nov 2022)
Prunier – Axel Gay, grande champagne (Apr 2011)
Prunier – 20 ans, fins bois (Dec 2010)
Prunier – W. Churchill (1967-1970), borderies (Jul 2024)
Raby – XO, grande champagne (Dec 2015)
Raby – Extra, grande champagne (Dec 2015; 9)
Ragnaud (Raymond) – Millésimé 1988, grande champagne (May 2016)
Ragnaud (Raymond) – folle blanche (Jun 2012)
Ragnaud (Raymond) – Héritage (Apr 2023; 9)
Ragnaud Sabourin – Alliance no. 20, grande champagne (May 2016)
Rémy Martin – VSOP MCF, blend (Jun 2012)
Rémy Martin – VSOP (1960s bottling) (Oct 2021)
Rémy Martin – XO fine champagne (Oct 2019)
Rémy Martin – Carte Blanche Baptiste Loiseau, Gensac-la-Pallue (Apr 2023)
Rémy Martin – Carte Blanche Baptiste Loiseau, Merpins (Apr 2023)
Rémy Martin – Tercet, Fine champagne (May 2024)
Rémy Martin – 1988 grande champagne, 20 years old (Apr 2019; 10)
Rémy Martin – Age Inconnu, grande champagne (Dec 2017; 10)
Rémy Martin – Age Inconnu, grande champagne (gold label, 1960s) (Apr 2023; 10)
Rémy Martin – Age Inconnu, grande champagne (grey label, 1970s) (Apr 2023; 10)
Rémy Martin – Extra Perfection (Oct 2021)
Rémy Martin – Louis XIII, grande champagne (Jun 2017)
Renault – Carte d’Argent (Nov 2018)
Renault – XO (Apr 2019)
Renault – Extra Old 180 (Apr 2019)
Reviseur – XO, petite champagne (Oct 2019)
Reviseur – XO Platinum, petite champagne (Oct 2019)
Reviseur – Origin, petite champagne (Oct 2019; 9)
Roullet & Fils – 1993, fins bois (Nov 2018; 9)
Roullet & Fils – Hors d’Age, fins bois (Nov 2013)
Roy (Domaine) – Age d’Or, grande champagne (Sep 2014)
Salignac – 1865 (Jan 2012; 9)
Sarrazin – 1966 fins bois (Apr 2019)
Séguinot – Réserve d’Or (Feb 2023)
Séguinot – Réserve de la Famille (Oct 2023)
Séguinot – Age Inconnu (Oct 2023)
Serplet – XO, grande champagne (May 2018; 9)
Serplet – Hors d’Age, grande champagne (Nov 2018)
Tanguidé – XO, petite champagne (May 2018)
Tessendier – fins bois distilled in 1960s (May 2019; 9)
Thorin – XO, grande champagne (Sep 2014; Dec 2015)
Thorin – XO 1996 folle blanche (Mrt 2015)
Tiffon – VSOP (old bottling) (Oct 2021)
Tiffon – ca. 80 years old, grande champagne (May 2019; 9)
Tiffon – Chateau de Triac reserve de la famille, grande champagne (May 2016)
Tiffon – Extra (Sep 2020)
Tiffon – 1995, fins bois (Sep 2020)
Trijol – XO, grande champagne (Nov 2010; 9)
Trijol – XO 1990, grande champagne (Mrt 2015)
Trijol – 1970, fins bois (Nov 2014; Dec 2015; 9)
Trijol – Ancestral, grande champagne (Feb 2023)
Trijol – Très Vieille Borderies (Apr 2023; 9)
Vallade, Hoirie Roger – 1949 Héritage, petite champagne (Nov 2022)
Vallein-Tercinier – XO, fine champagne (Apr 2016)
Vallein-Tercinier – Hommage Paul Valein, bons bois aged 75 yr (Nov 2019; 9)
Vallein-Tercinier – Hors d’Age, petite and grande champagne 42% (Apr 2016)
Vallein-Tercinier – Lot 90, grande champagne 51% (Apr 2016)
Vallein-Tercinier – L’Erotique 69, grande champagne 47% (Apr 2016; 9)
Vallein- Tercinier – Petite Rue 71, petite champagne 47% (Feb 2023; 9)
Vallein- Tercinier – Rue 75, fins bois (Feb 2023; 9)
Vallein-Tercinier – Grande Rue 34, grande champagne 42% (2017; 10)
Vallein-Tercinier – Conjugation 49, grande champagne (Oct 2021; 9,5)
Vallein-Tercinier – XO, Lot 66, petite champagne 51% (Apr 2016; 9)
Vallein-Tercinier – XO, Très Vieux Fins Bois 47.2% (Apr 2016; 10)
Vallein-Tercinier – L’Attente 1952, grande champagne (Jul 2024; 9)
Vallein-Tercinier – Liaison Intime Lot 75, fins bois (Jul 2024)
Vaudon – XO, blend (Sep 2020)
Vaudon 1996, fins bois, 48% (Sep 2020)
Voyer – Extra, grande champagne (Dec 2015; 10)
Voyer – Ancestral no. 8, grande champagne (Sep 2020)
Voyer – L’Essentiel, grande champagne (Apr 2023)
Voyer – vintage 1914, grande champagne (Sep 2020; 10)
Voyer – vintage 1920, grande champagne (Sep 2020; 10)
Voyer – vintage 1948, grande champagne (Sep 2020; 9)
Voyer – vintage 1960, grande champagne (Sep 2020; 11)
Miniatures and samples:
Albert Robin – Extra plus de 50 ans, mini
Albert Robin – VSOP, mini
Aug. Gerner’s – Bonaparte, mini
Augier – L’Océanique, (sample 2023)
Augier – Le Singulier, (sample 2023)
Augier – Le Sauvage, (sample 2023)
Beausoleil, Henri & C – VSOP, mini
Bisquit Dubouché – ***, mini
Bisquit Dubouché – VSOP, mini
Bouju – Extra, grande champagne, mini
Brugerolle – ***, mini
Paulet – Réserve V.O., fine champagne, mini
Camus – Jazz, sample (2023)
Camus – Special Dry Borderies, sample (2023)
Camus – VSOP Borderies, sample (2023)
Camus – XO Borderies, sample (2023)
Chateau Bellevue, Vieille Réserve no. 1, Folle blanche, Colombard and Montils (2023)
Deau – VSOP, sample (2023)
Deau – XO, sample (2023)
Deau – Black, sample (2023)
Deau – Cigar blend, sample (2023)
Deau – Louis, sample (2023)
Denis Mounié – Edouard VII. mini (10)
Domaine de Flaville – Vieille Reserve, Petite champagne (May 2024)
Domaine des Tonneaux – 635, Petite champagne (May 2024)
Dubois & Co., I. – grande champagne, mini
Dupont – ***, mini
Dupont – Art Nouveau, sample (2023)
Fanny Fougerat – Sir type 72, petite champagne (May 2024)
Forgeron – VSOP, grande champagne, sample (2023)
Frapin – VSOP, grande champagne, sample (2023)
Gélas – ***, mini
Hautefort – VSOP, mini
Hennessy – Black, sample (2023)
Hennessy – Pure White, sample (2023)
Hennessy – VS, sample (2023)
Hennessy – VSOP, sample (2023)
Hennessy – James Hennessy, sample (2023)
Hine – ***, mini
Jules Robin – ***, mini
Larsen – ***, mini
Latour, F. – Vieille Réserve, mini
Lhéraud – Cuvée 20, Petite champagne (May 2024)
Marcel Ragnaud – Grande Réserve Fontvieille, grande champagne, mini (10)
Martell – *** VOP, mini
Martell – Noblige, (sample 2023)
Menard – VSOP, grande champagne, mini
Normandin – VSOP, mini
Painturaud Frères – Band of 4 Brothers, sample (2023)
Park – Carte Blanche, sample (2023)
Park – VSOP, sample (2023)
Park – Borderies, sample (2023)
Park – XO, sample (2023)
Park – Extra, sample (2023)
Paul Giraud – TrèsRare, grande champagne, mini (10)
Paulet – Réserve V.O., fine champagne, mini
Pellisson Père – VSOP, mini
Petit, André – 1988, (sample 2023)
Raymond Ragnaud – Réserve, mini
Remy Landier – XO, (sample 2023)
Remy Martin – Napoleon in Florentine bottle (70s), fine champagne (sample 2024)
Tiffon – ***, mini
Trijol – VSOP, sample (2023)
What a great web site you have!! A tremendous wealth of knowledge and history. I really enjoyed the resource to try and investigate a Dennis Mounie Gold Leaf Cognac bottle that i have inherited from my grandfather. Your Bottle Catalogue has something similar under Gold Leaf Group 1e: Aberrant shaped bottles, but the words GOLD LEAF are not written in red on my bottle. My bottle has GL embossed in the glass above the front label, indicates 4/5 quart, and the Federal Law forbids sal or re-use of this bottle. The tax seal indicates series 112. Can you tell me when you think this was made and what it might be worth in unopened and sealed condition?? Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
G
I deleted your second try.
The bottle does indeed look a bit like the third bottle under ‘abnormally shaped bottles’.
Your bottle is post 1961, which is when 111 changed to 112. And it is probably early 1960s as it has the “Federal Law forbids’ phrase which formally disappeared around 1964. But bottles from 1970 have been seen with that phrase still on them.
Gold Leaf is comparable with 3 stars, so it is the lowest quality. And while some online sites charge very high prices, at an auction I would expect around €50-60.
Kind regards,
Ton
PM. Thanks for the photo, I will add it to the catalogue.
Wow, Thanks for your patience and your reply!
Hello, Ton,
regarding your list of bottles: what does the number written after the date mean (mostly 10 or 9)?
Love you website, Jim Pearson mentioned it in fb Cognac Lovers.
Regards, Roman
Hi Roman,
The 9 or 10 means I appreciated that one very much and gave it that score (out of 10). Very personal of course.
Regards,
Ton
Hi Ton,
yes, that was also my guess. Although the taste and the preferences differ from person to person it does give additional info, especially if we share similar preferences.
Btw – the last one must be really exceptional, right?
Regards,
Roman
Really cool, such a respectable Cognac fan both in theory and practice. It is a giant colletion with my admiration. Hahah only one thing, I don’t see any of the brands is (are) your favorite. Normally collectors have partiality for some particular brands, e.g. me, show favouritism to 1. Delamain, 2. Hennessy (who doesn’t, sigh), 3. A. E. Dor
Hello,
I was wondering if anyone knew the price or where to get a bottle of Jean Claude Roy, Premier Cru Du Cognac, Flamme Del Homandie, 70cl.
I am asking on behalf of a friend, many thanks for any information.
Hello Charmaine,
Good question and I wished I knew the answer. Their website is not functioning properly anymore. It looks they are still operative though. Best way is to contact them by phone or e-mail. This is their website where you still can find a phonenumber and a way to send an e-mail (renseignements): http://www.domaineroy.fr/accueil.htm
Kind regards,
Ton
Many thanks x
Hello, you have a great and extremely useful website, thank you for this!
Regarding this lists – I do not see any common brands and ages like Martell Medaillon, Remy Martin VSOP etc.
I reckon – sure you did tasted them just didn’t include the common items in your list, right?
Do you have any all-time preferences? Like, if you were departing to an island and could take only 5 bottles with you?
Thank you once again for your work!
Hi Tim,
Thanks for the compliments. If you scroll through the list you’ll see that I have tasted all the common brands, but you are right, not the more common ages. Why? Because I think older cognacs are so much more interesting to taste. Usually the three star and VS qualities of today are not very suitable to drink straight (there are some exceptions). I usually start with XO and up. The VSOP is in between and can be good, but not as complex as older cognacs.
When I visit a cognac producer (mostly bouilleurs de cru and not the well-known houses), they always start with letting you taste their VS and VSOP. So I have tasted quite a lot of them, but I did not include them in my list. Only when I have had the whole bottle (like Frapin VS) it is on the list.
My top 5? It changes from time to time.
I think I must restrict the choice to affordable cognacs, because it has always been my policy not to buy extremely expensive bottles.
It would be (not in order of best first): Audry Mémorial fine champagne, Chateau de Beaulon XO vintage 1971 fins bois, Laurent Merlin Hors Pair petite champagne, Navarre Vieille Réserve grande champagne, Marcel Ragnaud Florilège grande champagne.
(Some of them are becoming more expensive because they are not for sale in a regular shop anymore.)
If price is not a problem I would consider: Bouron Sublime, Vallein Tercinier rue 34, Hennessy Richard, AE Dor no. 11, Delamain 1960.
There are so many to choose from!
Kind regards,
Ton
Thanks Ton,
I do realize that VS/VSOP do not offer full potential of a cognac house. Given that we are limited in total amount of alcohol we can consume without impact on health and lifestyle, it’s better to not waste time with VS/VSOP and proceed to the better spirits. But I am asking about these common VSOPs/Napoleons, however, because I mean old stock, not new makes. This is not only my opinion that VSOP cognacs produced in 1960x-1980s were comparable to today’s XO. I tried Martell Medaillon from 70s and was amazed how tasty it is, and modern VSOPs don’t have a chance! Grass was greener, you know!
Thank you for the shortlist, most of the names I haven’t heard yet.. As I am only starting my cognac journey and look at these: what do you think of more affordable, and perhaps somehow underrated, VSOP or Napoleon offerings of 60-70s such as Bisquit, Hine, Hubert de Polignac, Otard, Gaston de Lagrange etc?
Thank you.
I have had the opporutiny to try some old bottles. They are pretty good, but very often they also have a so called ‘old bottle flavour’ that is not so nice. Less vibrant, a little musty.
Hi Ton. Have you tried the Vallein Tercinier Conjugaison 49? How does it compare to the rue 34? Thanks. Great website by the way. Fantastic source of information.
Hi Fuzhou,
Yes I did once had a little sip of the cojugaison and I was very impressed by it, but not so much as by the Rue 34. I did not make any notes though and it was some years ago now.
The conjugaison was in a VT line-up tasting session held by the Roudiers in Belgium, the Rue 34 was with a friend and I had the opportunity to try more than one glass. So the ambiance comes into play too.
That sounds wonderful. It looks like that the rue 34 is a much limited product, so it’s a rarer bottle than the 49 too. I wish we have chance to do tastings with these artisanal producers in the States. VT keeps a low profile here.
I want to thank you for these suggestions. I am a beginner so to say and from your suggestions list above I was able to buy Navarre Vieille Réserve and Audry Mémorial and I’m really liking both of them. Out of the two the Navarre is pure heaven. Hands down the best thing I ever drank (I guess that means I really like Rancio).
If you have any more suggestions or general advice I’d love to hear it.
Thanks again!
These are indeed excellent!
Love your list, Ton!
Who organised the tastings in NOV 2011 and Jan 2012?
Sometimes you add a number after the tasting date. Is that a grade for what you think about the tasting?
Best regards,
Brynjar
I have sent you my answer in an e-mail.
Regards,
Ton