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- Category Cognac
- Country France
- Region Cognac
- Distillery Camus
- Age 6 Year Old
- Style Cognac
- Maturation French oak barrels
- Alcohol 40%*
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In 1863 Jean-Baptiste Camus founded a collective of producers that produced high quality Cognac under the name La Grande Marque. The business flourished and soon enough Jean-Baptiste bought out his partners to establish his own Cognac house, Camus La Grande Marque. The name gained fame, they even started supplying the court of the Russian Tsar Nicolas II.
Cherishing this 150 year-old tradition, the 5th generation of the family remains true to the heritage of providing different and intriguing Cognacs from all the Terroirs. This XO comes from the smallest cru, Borderies where the ancestral home of Camus family is. The limestone soil and ideal sun exposure of the Borderies terroir provides vines with ideal hydric balance.
Camus XO Borderies is aged in French oak barrels. The age of various Cognacs in the blend must be (by law) at least six years old, but in fact some of the Cognacs may be aged up to 30 years. A great XO that will bring a smile to the face of any Cognac aficionado.
- Category Cognac
- Country France
- Region Cognac
- Distillery Camus
- Age 6 Year Old
- Style Cognac
- Maturation French oak barrels
- Alcohol 40%*
Appearance / Color
Gold amber.
Smell / Nose / Aroma
A strong floral nose with dry scents of raisins and dates. Some oak spices are also present and a delightful scents of menthol and marzipan develop with time.
Flavor / Taste / Palate
Light and rounded body with dry soul that delivers oak, nuts and lots of fruity notes… Mmmmm.
Finish
A long and satisfying finish with cool mint and oak combo that really delivers.
Gold amber.
Smell / Nose / Aroma
A strong floral nose with dry scents of raisins and dates. Some oak spices are also present and a delightful scents of menthol and marzipan develop with time.
Flavor / Taste / Palate
Light and rounded body with dry soul that delivers oak, nuts and lots of fruity notes… Mmmmm.
Finish
A long and satisfying finish with cool mint and oak combo that really delivers.
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The Flavor Spiral™ shows the most common flavors that you'll taste in Camus XO Borderies and gives you a chance to have a taste of it before actually tasting it.
We invented Flavor Spiral™ here at Flaviar to get all your senses involved in tasting drinks and, frankly, because we think that classic tasting notes are boring.
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Rancio is a highly desirable nutty flavor usually found in extra-aged fortified wines (Port, Sherry, Madeira, Marsala …) and fruit-based Spirits, namely Cognacs, Calvados, and Armagnac. It appears in Cognac after roughly 10 years of maturing in oak casks, becoming more intense over the years.
Cognac is a form of distilled Brandy. For a spirit to be labeled Cognac, it must be made from specified grapes, of which Ugni Blanc is the one most widely used. It must be twice distilled in copper pot stills and aged at least two years in French oak barrels from Limousin or Tronçais.
Laws concerning Cognac-making are strict as hell. Only three types of grapes may be used, and they can only be harvested in October; Cognac must be aged for at least two years in barrels made from French oak - and get this, from one of two specific forests! Then, the stills must be of a particular French shape (no, not the baguette shape); and we guess La Marseillaise has to be sung during the entire process.
Cognac, named after the town of Cognac in France, is a variety of brandy (distilled wine). It is only produced in the wine-growing region surrounding this town. Cognac must be made from specified grapes, be twice distilled in copper pot stills, and be aged at least two years in French oak barrels. Most Cognacs are aged considerably longer than the minimum legal requirement.
Camus have their own brand of sustainable, high-altitude-grown, small scale… Coffee. Sourced from South and Central America, the beans undergo a similar master-blender type of treatment that Camus Cognac blenders have been using for generations.
There are three different qualities of Cognac recognized by law: V.S. (very special), V.S.O.P. (Very Superior Old Pale), and X.O. (Extra Old).
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Dog Dogson's
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Rancio is a highly desirable nutty flavor usually found in extra-aged fortified wines (Port, Sherry, Madeira, Marsala …) and fruit-based Spirits, namely Cognacs, Calvados, and Armagnac. It appears in Cognac after roughly 10 years of maturing in oak casks, becoming more intense over the years.
Cognac is a form of distilled Brandy. For a spirit to be labeled Cognac, it must be made from specified grapes, of which Ugni Blanc is the one most widely used. It must be twice distilled in copper pot stills and aged at least two years in French oak barrels from Limousin or Tronçais.
Laws concerning Cognac-making are strict as hell. Only three types of grapes may be used, and they can only be harvested in October; Cognac must be aged for at least two years in barrels made from French oak - and get this, from one of two specific forests! Then, the stills must be of a particular French shape (no, not the baguette shape); and we guess La Marseillaise has to be sung during the entire process.
Cognac, named after the town of Cognac in France, is a variety of brandy (distilled wine). It is only produced in the wine-growing region surrounding this town. Cognac must be made from specified grapes, be twice distilled in copper pot stills, and be aged at least two years in French oak barrels. Most Cognacs are aged considerably longer than the minimum legal requirement.
Camus have their own brand of sustainable, high-altitude-grown, small scale… Coffee. Sourced from South and Central America, the beans undergo a similar master-blender type of treatment that Camus Cognac blenders have been using for generations.
There are three different qualities of Cognac recognized by law: V.S. (very special), V.S.O.P. (Very Superior Old Pale), and X.O. (Extra Old).
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