Hermitage Marie Louise Grande Champagne Crystal Decanter for Brandy, 70cl, 43% ABV, Hand-Blown English CrystalBy Winebuyers

Hermitage Cognac Marie Louise is a 60-year-old Grande Champagne from one of the region's top artisan producers. It is offered in a limited first run of 50 decanters produced by Cumbria Crystal, the last producer of completely hand-blown and hand-cut, full-lead luxury English crystal in the UK. The complex aromas, intensity and depth of flavours created by its careful distillation and ageing have created a masterpiece of smoothness and an intensely rich rancio found only in the rarest of cognacs. This truly great cognac is named after Marie Louise, the second wife of Napoleon Bonaparte. She bore his son who was given the title 'Roi de Rome' and who later became Napoleon II. The cognac has complex aromas of mocha, dried prunes, roasted chestnuts and masala spice, with rich and complex flavours of coffee, sultanas, toffee brittle, truffle, dried fig, cinnamon, hazelnut and clove. It is matured for more than 60 years in Limousin oak casks and has won a Cognac Masters 2018 - Masters Award. A unisex product, suitable for both men and women.