FOR THE BRANDY CONNOISSEUR

CHABOT NAPOLÉON ARMAGNAC SPECIAL RESERVE LCBO 568378, 700 mL, $107.95

Pour a little into a snifter and the aroma fills the room—figs and raisins, orange peel and dried apricots, soft oaky spice… And there’s a floral note, like the scent of violets. Members of the Chabot family have been trading in Armagnac since 1828 and this Special Reserve shows their expertise—so smooth, complex and with amazing length.