GRANDE CHAMPAGNE N°1

HIDDEN AWAY IN A SMALL VALLEY NEAR BONNEUIL, IN GRANDE CHAMPAGNE, THE DOMAINE D’ISSAC THRIVES ON LIMESTONE SOILS TYPICAL OF THE AREA, PERFECT FOR NURTURING ITS GRAPE VARIETY, THE UGNI BLANC. SINCE THE MID-19TH CENTURY, THIS FAMILY VINEYARD HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN FROM FATHER TO SON, REACHING CHRISTIAN BALLET, NICOLAS ROYER’S MATERNAL GRANDFATHER. EACH GENERATION HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO PRESERVING THE WINEMAKING TRADITIONS OF THE BALLET FAMILY. DISTILLED USING CHARCOAL IN THE PUREST TRADITION, THIS ANCESTRAL COGNAC HAS AGED IN OLD BARRELS AND DRY CELLARS FOR OVER THREE DECADES, BECOMING THE "madeleine de proust" OF OUR COLLECTION.

THE COGNAC HAS AN AMBER HUE, WITH POWERFUL, DISTINCTIVE FLORAL NOTES ON THE NOSE, PLEASANTLY FOLLOWED BY SPICY, WOODY TONES IMBUED WITH A BALSAMIC CHARACTER AND HINTS OF LICORICE. ON THE PALATE, THE FINISH IS MAGNIFICENTLY ROUND AND SMOOTH, REMINISCENT OF WARM BRIOCHE AND SUBTLY REVEALING A DELICATE RANCIO.

• FRUITY - 2/5 - CANDIED ORANGE, MUSCAT GRAPES
• FLORAL - 3/5 - NARCISSUS
• WOODY - 4/5 - CIGAR BOX, COFFEE
• SPICY - 3/5 - RANCIO, CANDIED GINGER, BALSAMIC, HUMUS, LIQUORICE