Paul Beau Borderies Extra Vieilles 45%

Hope I’ll have more luck with the second one!

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

Nose: Elegant fruitiness, especially on umeshu. Stunning floral notes. So much finesse, maybe one of the most refined of this tasting session. Black truffle notes. Wow. Hints of warm spices in the back ground. Great evolution. Every two minutes you get a different profile. 

Mouth: Thick texture. Wet rancio, full of cocoa powder aromas. You also get a nice amount of dry floral aromas (potpourri, jasmine). A full spoon of safran. Then you find back a lingering wild rancio, with meat juice (sauce grand veneur) aromas and liquid parsley notes. Gorgeous. And still this mind-blowing evolutive profile. 

Last Notes: Chicken broth, bay leaves, caraway. Overripe banana and mango scents. Reasonnable amount of volatile. Reasonnable amount of oakiness too. Close to perfection. 

It’s difficult to figure out how this tasting session has been emotional for me. As a cognac geek, I don’t know how to explain it, but I was in another reality. 

And it has to be another 93…

Whole tasting session