A fine, expertly-crafted Cognac far older than a VS should be and a super value.
Sometime in the late 1800s, Samuel Beau purchased an old, neglected vineyard in the Grand Champaign region of Cognac. When he passed away in 1914, the vineyard was inherited by his son Paul who worked the land with his wife Denise. She came from a family of Wine makers and together they planted more grapevines and expanded operations. They were one of the first local growers to begin bottling Cognac under their own name in 1977. Today, Maison Paul Beau produces a tidy range of fine Champaign Cognacs available around the world.
Like all Paul Beau Cognacs, Paul Beau VS is 100% Ugni Blanc and it is aged in a combination of virgin and refill limosin oak casks. Now… this is where things get very interesting. Normally, “VS” means that a Cognac has been aged a minimum of two years, and VSOP is aged a minimum of 4 years. But the Cognac in Paul Beau VS is a blend of their vintage spirits that have an average age of six years. Sure, there’s some two-year old juice in there. But this doesn’t TASTE like a two year old. And that makes it one of the best values out there.
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Category
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Style
Cognac
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Region
Cognac
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Country
France
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Alcohol
40%
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Distillery
Paul Beau Distillery
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Age
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Maturation
Limosin Oak casks