SPIRITS
COGNAC
Domaine Élisabeth VIROLLET
The Cognac Appellation in southwest France, north of Bordeaux, makes some of the world’s finest and most renowned brandies. Cognac must be made from specified grape varieties, mainly Ugni Blanc, Folle Blanche and Colombard. The wine must be doubledistilled in traditional swan-necked copper pot stills and aged for a minimum of two years in large French oak casks made of oak from the Limousin or Tronçais forests.
CHÂTEAU BELLEVUE
3522
COGNAC CHÂTEAU BELLEVUE, VIEILLE RÉSERVE NO. 1, AOC COGNAC
Cognac
$ 291
40%
$ 582
Every year, I taste the Bellevue Vieille Réserve, and every year I fall in love with it again. The 108-hectare estate is enclosed within dry stone walls with at its heart a 19th-century Château. Vieille Réserve N°1 was matured for over 60 years beneath the Château in the vaulted stone cellar. It is amber in colour with a sweet mellow bouquet with notes of bitter orange, vanilla, caramel, spices and wood. It is complex with warm flavours and lots of appeal while having elegant fruit and vanilla and is super smooth. Produced from a blend of Folle Blanche, Colombard and the now rare Montils grape.
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CELLAR 297 — BRITISH COLUMBIA
photo — Jean-Guy Arrivé, owner and Cellar Master
of Château Bellevue.
