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Rome De Bellegarde is a Cognac from France. It is produced in the Grande Champagne region of Cognac. [1] [2] It is most notable for setting the record for the expensive liquor shot [3] [4] of 1.5 ounce measure costing more than $14k at Hyde Kensington Bar in London in 2018. [5] [6] The shot was believed to originate from a blend created in 1894 ...
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On 24 September 2011 a single bottle of Cognac Croizet dating back to the single harvest of 1858 (Cuvee Leonie) was sold at auction in Shanghai, China for 1 million yuan (approx. $156,760). [8] [9] [10] This cognac is recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the most expensive cognac sold at auction.
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It was one of the first marques to sell bottles rather than casks of cognac, a process that helped it survive the Great French Wine Blight in the mid-nineteenth century. [5] It was also the first cognac house to use star ratings, and the gradings V.S.O.P. and XO, which are today used by most other cognac producers.
In 1912 the marque launched Martell Cordon Bleu at the Hôtel de Paris, its first post-phylloxera cognac. While sold without designation (Martell XO is a distinct product), it is regarded as the oldest XO equivalent cognac still in production, and is widely credited as the first mass-market premium cognac. [9]
D’Ussé is a brand of cognac made at the Château du Cognac in Cognac, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. [1] It is a subsidiary of Bacardi. [2] D’Ussé produces just two cognacs: D’USSÉ VSOP and D’USSÉ XO. D’Ussé VSOP is aged at least four and a half years in the Château de Cognac cellars. [3]
Courvoisier (French pronunciation:) is a brand of cognac, with production based in the town of Jarnac in the Charente region of France. It is the youngest and smallest of the "big four" cognac houses (the others are Hennessy, Rémy Martin, and Martell). [1] Courvoisier has also been described as the most untypical of the big four. [2]