Cognac Lot 80 (1980) Grande Champagne Maison Tribot, 65%, Cask Strength, only 200 bottles, 500ml
« Recline on a woollen blanket spread over a bed of leaves as you forest bathe at sunset, breathing in the heady scent of earthy, wild mushrooms, herbs, and flowers that dot the ground beneath the vast tree canopy. »
Colour : Rich chestnut
Nose : Plummy, vegetal and a damp forest floor, opening up to ripe bananas, gooseberries, tangerines, cereal drizzled with raisins and golden syrup with warm creamy milk poured over them. Tobacco leaves, peaches, strawberries and café au lait are added to the rich, fruity and comforting mix.
Palate : Decadent dark chocolate truffles, a box of liquorice pipes and Catherine wheels, pine trees, antique oak chest with woollen blankets and camphor, there's ginger, clove, cinnamon and cardamom, juicy raspberries, medlars, peaches, honey and tobacco.
Finish : The oak spices and camphor linger with earthy wild mushrooms following near the end of the long and lingering finish.