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Cognac and Armagnac converge in consonants but diverge in style.

Hi all, I’m looking to spend about $200 for a cognac lover, could go up as high as $280, but not much more. The problem is I know very little about cognac. A search of the boards pulled up some names, i.e. Delamain, Dudognon...

Remy Martin is generally considered to be the best of the standard brands. In your price range, Delamain is a good value for the money.

, these are difficult to find; not everyone carries these Cognacs. Some options that are a bit easier to find include . . . 5) Hine Cognac — see http://www.hinecognac.com/a001uk_home.htm 6) Delamain Cognac — see...

... I’ve also heard good things about Delamain Vespers, which is in the same price range. Any other cognac connoisseurs have a special favorite?

of cognac, generally smaller houses (Delamain, Hine). Which cognacs do you have in mind when comparing Gran Duque? What are the qualities you like in it? Cheers, Xochitl10

Delamain

, since it’s what’s in the cabinet), probably more comparable to a Delamain cognac. I have also read good things about Carneros Alambic Brandy, also from CA, but haven’t had the fortune to try any. Perhaps when...

://www.surrenne.com/ Léopold Gourmel — http://www.leopold-gourmel.com/ Hine Cognac (the best, IMHO, of the “majors”)— http://www.hinecognac.com/ Delamain — http://le-cognac.com/delamain/intro.html Logis...

is a very close second. But my first recommendation, if you can find it and want to spend something on towards $150, is Delamain Vesper, which I think is the equivalent of liquid gold in a bottle.

Frankly, I like cognac ... I just don’t know much about it. If I had my druthers, I would keep a bottle of Delamain XO in the apartment, but I’m not cooking with a $60 bottle of cognac, at least not until I make some...

Grab a bottle of Delamain Pale & Dry XO, rather thatn most Xo which only needs to be six-seven years old this is average age 25yrs. might be 60ish but well worth it. still family owned and run

I’m not sure what qualifies as “cheap.” I tend to really like either Delamain Vesper or Hennessy XO, and I recognize that neither of those qualifies as “cheap” by anyone’s standard (including...

, and Martell the fullest. IF you decide you like Cognac, then you can start exploring the better (harder-to-find and often [though not always] more expensive) labels such as Hine, Delamain, Maison Serrenne, Logis de la Mothe,...

outside the veuve-cliquot, charles heidseck, ch. lascombe and rauzan-segla... a bottle of delamain vesper disappeared. And the 3kg bag of valrhona 64% chocolate chip things is now empty with the white bag well on it’s way....