PIERRE FERRAND, ONE OF ONLY A HANDFUL OF COGNAC HOUSES IN FRANCE SPECIALIZING IN OLD COGNACS FROM THE COVETED GRANDE CHAMPAGNE REGION THAT ARE NOT BLENDED WITH LESSER VARIETIES, HAS COME OUT WITH A NEW 100 YEAR OLD BOTTLING. THE LIMITED EDITION L'HOMMAGE DE PIERRE FERRAND WAS BORN OF COGNAC DISTILLED PRIOR TO WORLD WAR I STORED IN THE SHADE OF FERRAND'S LOGIS D'ANGEAC CELLAR FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY. BOTTLED IN AN EXQUISITELY CRAFTED, NUMBERED CRYSTAL CARAFE, ONLY 10 BOTTLES WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE IN THE US BY SPECIAL ORDER FOR THE SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE OF $3,000 APIECE. THE AGED SPIRIT HAS TAKEN ON A BEAUTIFUL DARK SHIMMERING BRONZE COLOUR AFTER ITS LONG REPOSE IN ITS WOODEN CASK. EXCEPTIONALLY SMOOTH, IT HAS AROMAS OF PRUNE AND CANDIED FRUITS. EACH BOTTLE COMES IN A WOODEN CASE WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY. 'WE WANTED TO OFFER SOMETHING SUPREMELY SPECIAL FROM OUR CELLARS', NOTED ALEXANDRE GABRIEL, PRESIDENT/OWNER OF COGNAC FERRAND. 'WE CHOSE A BEAUTIFUL BOTTLE TO CONTAIN THIS RARE COGNAC, BUT, THE TASTE IS EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN THE BOTTLE.'
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