Hermitage Cognac has unveiled a limited edition run of the Hermitage Siècle d’Or 100-Year-Old Cognac, the world’s oldest barrel-aged Cognac. This exclusive offering consists of just 68 one-litre decanters, each hand-blown and hand-cut from Cumbrian crystal in the UK, individually numbered and engraved with gold leaf. The presentation includes a wooden box, a letter from Hermitage Cognac’s founder and chairman David Baker, and an informative leaflet about the Cognac.
David Baker expressed his excitement about releasing this “priceless masterpiece of cognac history” to the global market, emphasizing that “provenance and time are the very essence” of this rare collection. The Cognac, aged for a century in Limousin oak barrels, originates from the Premier Cru of Grande Champagne and is believed to be the first of its kind to be bottled.
“This is one of only a very small quantity of cognac aged in cellars in the heart of the Premier Cru of Cognac known as Grande Champagne,” Baker noted. The Cognac has remained “untouched and unblended” for 100 years, resulting in a complexity of rich flavors and aromas found only in the finest and oldest Cognacs.
Baker described the Cognac’s profile: “The balance and depth of flavour is a masterpiece of smoothness and quality. Flavours of cocoa, burnt toffee, mushroom, ginger, candied fruit, and kumquat are all wrapped up in an intensely rich rancio found only in the rarest of cognacs.”
Produced from Ugni Blanc grapes grown in the Liginères Sonneville region of Grande Champagne, the Cognac benefits from the area’s renowned terroir, which yields some of the purest Cognacs. Distillation takes place in Segonzac using traditional copper Alembic Charentais stills, ensuring the highest quality of production.
