Thread: Good Cognac

Just wanting to know your favorite Cognacs and why!

Does strong ale count?

Wrong thread Mark!

Courvoisier. It was a natural progression from American bourbon. After a while the bourbon became too sweet for my taste. I moved to Courvosier. For some reason Remy Martin and Martell just didn't taste quite right. It was sort of like drinking flavored vodka. Or maybe similar to the difference between Tangueray and Blue Saphire gin (I drink Tangueray. Blue Saphire doesn't taste right to me).

I kind of waffled between Courvoisier and Scotch for a good while drinking mainly cognac for a number of years. Ended up drinking scotch. Very odd with cognac coming from grapes and being closest to scotch as a libation.

Not a Cognac, but I was pleasantly surprised by a Berneroy XO Calvados I bought this Christmas. Man was it smooth. (And a couple of tablespoons in the gravy went perfectly with the roast goose this Christmas!)

N2S: See if this helps: Cognac-World - About the cognac

My personal favorites are Pierre Ferrand and Remy Martin (for real grapey flavor).

I have tried some of the VSOP and even the XO but I found that I like the cheapest Remy, Hennessy or Courvoisier I can get. I just like the way it feels and tastes better then the "good" stuff. Lucky for me.

Well...
The best cognac I ever had a glass of (2 actually) was JP Gautret et fils, 75 yrs old. It was very expensive. 55 or 75 euros per glass. It was simply divine. But I cannot afford a bottle of the stuff.

The best bottles I've had were delamain XO and another one XO I forgot the name of. It had a golden cougar on the bottle. These were very good too.
In a 5 star hotel I've also enjoyed a very good Camus Extra. It was so good that I bought the XO (couldn't afford the Extra) but it was not that good. Otard Extra was splendid as well.

It's been a while since I had a bottle of cognac. Have to buy one soon. When it comes to cognacs I admit to being a bit snobbish. I'd rather buy a very good bottle occasionally than a good or ok bottle regularly.

Vintage Delamain the 1959 is the best i ever had. i like their whole line. normal daily drinking stuff the is Pierre Ferrand Ambre.

i have some of this on order, my local shop does not have it in stock:

Originally Posted by syslight

Vintage Delamain the 1959 is the best i ever had. i like their whole line. normal daily drinking stuff the is Pierre Ferrand Ambre.

i have some of this on order, my local shop does not have it in stock:

Drool......
Man, that must be good stuff.