Hermitage Borderies 1914 44%

1914. Here we go again. And that’s the first Hermitage here, so I was quite intrigued when we arrived to that one. 

Colour: Dark amber, gold lights. Irregular medium tears.

Nose: Intense citruses notes. Rich fruity candied shades. Acacia honey. Verbena. Great evolution. Incredible mouth length. Legendary. Glorious vanilla and cinnamon notes. Stop it!

Mouth: Jewellery. Stunning finesse. Everything is delivered with surgical precision. Quite the same patine than a high end 10yo Shyraz (Gangloff Barbarine 2013 could be a great example). Reasonnable level of sweetness. Licorice, banana stew, pistachio, safran. Everything at the same time. 

Last Notes: I was so hypnotized by this cognac that I let my glass aside for a while. And guess what? It was brilliant 45 mins later. Grand Marnier, old French indies rum earthiness (60’s Bally or something like that). Subtle but not fragile at all. How can you keep such a concentration in this kind of venerable cognac? 

Obviously one of my favorites in this tasting session. Intensity, precision and emotion. 

Whole tasting session