A COLLECTOR’S COGNAC

What happens when one of the world’s best female sommeliers collaborates with a master blender? The result is a modern, vibrant and memorable spirit inspired by heritage, tradition, and craft. Exsto Cognac was created in partnership with Julie Dupouy, the World’s Best Female Sommelier 2016, Sabrina Duong, CEO of Exsto Cognac, and seventh generation master-blender Géraud Vallantin-Dulac.

With Duong’s childhood connections to artisanal producers of eaux de vie – a brandy spirit unique to the craft of cognac – and guided by Exsto Cognac’s Master Blender Géraud Vallantin-Dulac, Dupouy worked with 15 small producers from the Cognac region who work selectively with choice partners – selecting only eight of the best eaux de vie – all of which have spent decades aging in rare French oak barrels. After over two years of trials, Dupouy has created two distinctive cognac blends: Exsto Cognac Elixir and Exsto Cognac Or Impérial. At first nose, Exsto Elixir exudes intense notes of caramel au beurre (caramel with butter), red fruits, ripe peaches and apricots, exotic spices. With only 888 bottles in the world, the Or Impérial, has a more delicate aroma of passion fruit, lime zest, yellow peach, violet and rose petals, and exotic spices. This limited-edition bottle features a blend of eight eaux- de-vie chosen out of the very private family stock from the brand’s producers that has been kept sacred by generations. exstocognac.com