Spec Me some Cognac

The Dread Pirate · 8 Feb 2008 at 10:17

For all the connoisseurs out in OCUK land I'm after some cognac thats not too well known as I'm sick of the same old same old e.g Remy Martin or Courvoiser. Spec me a less well known of but none the less good quality brandy I can warm my cocles with!

platypus · 8 Feb 2008 at 10:22

I quite like Louis Royer and Maison Brillet. Ragnaud Sabourin can be good, but you need to lean towards the more expensive bottles to get their best.

Hitman_Leon · 8 Feb 2008 at 10:23

Remy XO

The Dread Pirate · 8 Feb 2008 at 10:25

platypus said:
I quite like Louis Royer and Maison Brillet. Ragnaud Sabourin can be good, but you need to lean towards the more expensive bottles to get their best.

What sort of prices are we talkin?

Hitman_Leon · 8 Feb 2008 at 10:33

About £80 a bottle for the Remy XO, 70cl

platypus · 8 Feb 2008 at 10:35

Capn' $qu!ff said:
What sort of prices are we talkin?

Well for a good Ragnourd Sabourin (~20 year reserve), you're looking around the £50-£80 mark.

For lower priced cognacs, Pedro Domec's Carlos I is pretty decent at ~£30 a bottle.

'Course if you're feeling flush, go for a Hennessy containing a 200 year old blend. A real steal at £1,000 for a 70cl bottle

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Squink · 8 Feb 2008 at 10:37

Louis XIII - £800 a bottle or thereabouts. It's one of my ambitions to have a bottle on a shelf at home. It seems to have an excellent reputation.

jamief · 8 Feb 2008 at 10:37

Spanish Brandy > Cognac

nin9abadga · 8 Feb 2008 at 10:39

mulpsmebeauty said:
Louis XIII - £800 a bottle or thereabouts. It's one of my ambitions to have a bottle on a shelf at home. It seems to have an excellent reputation.

i saw a bottle of that (i think it was that anyway) in the duty free at san francisco airport, it remains the most expensive bottle of anything i've ever seen!

The Dread Pirate · 8 Feb 2008 at 10:40

jamief said:
Spanish Brandy > Cognac

Slivovitz>All

However I've had enough of the same old same old for now + I don't rate Spanish Brandy

The Dread Pirate · 8 Feb 2008 at 10:42

Some good suggestions 'cept for the Remy XO that I've drunk enough of will check out all of these although I think I stick to £100-£200 price range as I'm a poor(but still refined) IT skivvy

a1ex2001 · 8 Feb 2008 at 11:02

mulpsmebeauty said:
Louis XIII - £800 a bottle or thereabouts. It's one of my ambitions to have a bottle on a shelf at home. It seems to have an excellent reputation.

Your ambition is to have a bottle on a shelf?!? surely it should be to drink it, otherwise whats the point?

NickK · 8 Feb 2008 at 11:21

a1ex2001 said:
Your ambition is to have a bottle on a shelf?!? surely it should be to drink it, otherwise whats the point?

I saw one of these at Heathrow (or was that Geneva? they're all the same!). The bottle certainally has presence.

I would love to try their Black Pearl however you had to have been approached personally for that.

platypus · 8 Feb 2008 at 11:29

a1ex2001 said:
Your ambition is to have a bottle on a shelf?!? surely it should be to drink it, otherwise whats the point?

The idea is you keep the bottle on the shelf after you've drunk it

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