Laurichesse Le Chai de mon Père Fût N°301 45%

Laurichesse again, but this time as an OB. 40yo+ (distilled in the 70s). Cask strength. And Verrières. Let’s go!

Colour: Amber, orange lights. Irregular heavy tears.

Nose: Juicy and vivid notes at first. Fresh tangerine, banana stew, lemon zest jam. Lingering chalky notes in the background. Delicate floral shades of lavender and jasmine. Beautiful bouquet.

Palate: Quite oily, with a delicious acidulous attack on passion fruit juice and licorice sweets. Very high acidity. Great mouth length, with a touch of nutty notes, like chestnut cream. But what an exotic profile! Quite monolithic, driven by this acidulous highway, a clear signature of its chalky terroir.

Last Notes: Still fresh and vivid, with hints of menthol and kiwi juice. A touch of infused notes, leaning towards verbena and chamomile. Back on the palate, acidulous notes again, this time on raspberry and blackcurrant juice. It ends on beautiful quince liqueur aromas.

A vivid Grande Champagne profile, with this typical sharpness from Verrières. Lovely. Give it another 10/20 years to gain depth and smooth out its sharpness, and you’ll be very close to a golden cognac.

My very subjective note: 90+/100