Frapin
VSOP
COGNAC FRAPIN
COGNAC
ABV: 40%
Country: France
Style: VSOP
Price per bottle: £44.30
Availability: Travel Retail
Kate
Nose: Red berry sweetness followed by fudgy notes. Then hay bales and peonies, before bookshop shelves and an almost savoury edge.
Palate: Soaked prunes and rich dark chocolate, then raisins and black cherry compote. Rich fruit cake with marzipan.
Finish: Those dried fruits abound, giving way to bitter dark chocolate.
Comments: This is like eating Christmas cake in a second-hand book shop. Rich, elegant and really gorgeous. 8.9
Sam
Nose: A floral bouquet that reminds you of walking through an orange grove. Lavender and Danish pastries.
Good intensity.
Palate: The citrus notes from the nose come through intensely on the palate, amongst a Christmas cake flavour. Stewed stone fruits. Cinnamon and pepper brings a little spice, but otherwise its rich and flavoursome.
Finish: Lingering with the spicier notes coming from the palate.
Comments: Balance between spice and fruit. A drying sweetness. One for cold nights by the fire.
7.9