Spirit Name:
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Normandin Mercier Extra Grande Champagne
诺曼底名士额外的大香槟
Brandy
科涅克白兰地
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Score:
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94/100
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ABV:
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42%
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Region:
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Body:
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Fine
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Intensity:
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Soft
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Texture:
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Velvety
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Balance:
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Near perfect
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Best served:
Cru:
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Neat
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Theme(s):
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Finesse, light, integrated, floral, fruit, toffee, spice, tobacco, cigars, cocoa, leather, coffee, vanilla, creamy
的娴熟，重量轻，集成，花卉，水果，奶糖，香料，烟草，雪茄，可可，皮革，咖啡，香草，奶油 |
Summary:
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This fine aged cognac with grapes grown exclusively in Grande Champagne offers an elegant sweet floral finesse with fruit and surges of tartness, aggression and spice that all meld together in beautiful harmony
这个精致的中年干邑大香槟葡萄种植提供了一个优雅甜美的水果和花卉巧妙锋利，侵略和香料激增，所有在美丽和谐的融合在一起
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Tasting notes:
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Normandin Mercier offer two products labelled "Extra", one being distilled from grapes exclusively from Grande Champagne in Cognac and the other being distilled from grapes exclusively from Petite Champagne in Cognac. The difference in the two products can be the result of many things including distillation, vintage and maturation in the wood but many accept that the terrain of Grande Champagne - with its chalky soil - is the jewel in the Cognac crown closely followed by Petite Champagne.
The difference between the Grande Champagne and the Petite Champagne is significant - the Grande Champagne offers a lighter experience with flavours more integrated with sweet floral and fruit notes dominating with surges of aggression, while the Petite Champagne offers a heavier experience with the vanillas, caramels and wood notes dominating.
Nose: The
herbaceous sweet perfume of mellow floral notes intermingles with more sugary
fruit notes of ripe fig, apricot, banana and dates. Sharp astringent surges of
polished wood and leather add some much needed aggression with tart green mango
and tangy passion fruit developing with spicy toffee, cinnamon and candied ginger, and
they cut through the fog of sweetness that opens up with a complex array of
nuts (almond and walnuts) while sweet flowery gusts of near perfection return with
a citrus blossom twist. The wood notes
are certainly there, but with less impact than in the Petite Champagne. The Grande
Champagne offers a softer experience with more finesse floral and fruit notes
while the Petite Champagne is denser and richer with more vanillas, caramels
and wood notes.
Taste: The gentle embrace of ripe fresh fruit in the form of fig and peaches wash against the palate with gentle vanillas and buttered raisin packed scones, as the sweetness intensifies into dried fruit and mixed nuts as the bitter dark chocolate and rich leather notes act as a counterbalance to the sweetness which recedes into toffee. This is beautifully balanced, and this cognac does not step one foot wrong the entire time.
Finish: Dark
chocolate coated raisins and the taste of a cigar box lingers (the tobacco, paper and dry wood notes) as leather develops towards the end
with crushed coffee bean and cocoa dusted orange layered with herbaceous manuka
honey - the sweetness has herbal notes.
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Price:
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€165
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