Cognac recommendations please

[nst68]

I'm looking to buy a bottle of Cognac ready for Christmas, but have no idea what to go for.

Are the "standard" brands (Martell, Remy Martin, Hennessy etc) good ones to get?
Are the store branded ones (i.e. Tesco) any good?

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Budget is £40 tops.

 

[nst68]

Cheers for all the replies.

I have a soft spot for Hennessy, when I was a kid I went to Cognac with the family and we went round their distillery.
The smell in the buidlings where they aged the cognac was sooooooo nice!

Sounds like a VSOP is the one to go for, will have a look in Tesco tomorrow.

I know I originally said I wanted it for Xmas, but reading this has changed my mind and I fancy some for the weekend