WhiskyWitch
Rémy Martin 1738 Accord Royal Cognac
Cognac — Cognac, France
Reviewed
January 29, 2021 (edited May 5, 2022)
Before the 100th tasting, I'm trying to squeeze in a few more things that I've tasted in the recent years and decided to keep permanently in a home bar, as a sort of base camp before further exploration.
The aroma is exquisite, with fig and plum evolving into stewed prune. A pinch of salt whets the palate, before a baked apple pie with cinnamon and clove is served with a side of very dry mead, riding a perfect amount of oak into the sunset. This is a "Summer-becoming-Autumn" drink.
For the record, I do enjoy Hennessy VSOP as a "non-whiskey/liqueur", but this edges it out. Plus, it's slightly more pretentious than the already over-the-top Champagne bottle that Remy Martin comes in, with an acceptable quality/cost ratio, and I am here for it. I will probably keep Courvoisier around too, exclusively for mixing with Benedictine, but this one is for sipping.
...HOLY SHIT, IT'S $61 NOW?! *monocle falls into snifter*
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@ContemplativeFox Sounds good! Let me know once you return from your travels and we can coordinate a trade.
As you say, there's always the next box @ctbeck11 - I'll be sure to save you some :)
@ContemplativeFox Haha definitely the next time around. I must have been too enamored by the extra fancy stuff and inadvertently skipped over this one.
It's $61?! Dang, it was just a few months back I got mine for like $45 with a sample of the XO. @ctbeck11 I should have sent you a sample in the box :(
Great notes. This has been on my list to try, as I’ve only tried the Remy V and VSOP. Sounds like it may be worth the premium over the VSOP.