Vieux Pineau des Charentes Lhéraud, 15 Years Old, 10L Dame-Jeanne
DESCRIPTION
A 10 litre Dame-Jeanne, around 200 glasses. It is the format for weddings, birthdays and big family celebrations. It is also the best value in the range, at €79 per litre.
Pineau des Charentes comes from a simple gesture: at harvest time, fresh grape must is fortified with cognac. This one was then aged 15 years in French oak barrels. It comes from the Domaine de Lasdoux in Angeac-Charente, in the heart of Petite Champagne, where the Lhéraud family has grown vines since 1680.
The nose opens on walnut, with touches of raisin and candied pear. On the palate it is intense and balanced, carried by an elegant acidity that keeps it fresh.
Serve it chilled, as an aperitif to welcome your guests or as a digestif. At the table, it pairs with foie gras, blue cheeses and walnut or dried fruit desserts.
Personalised engraving on request by Maison Lhéraud: a name, a date, a memory of the occasion. The lead time is slightly longer. Order before 10 December for delivery before the holidays.
REGION
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
France
Nouvelle-Aquitaine is the largest wine region in France, stretching from Poitiers to Pau through iconic areas such as Bordeaux, Cognac, Agen and Bergerac. It holds an exceptional diversity of terroirs, backed by centuries of winemaking and distilling know how, making it the birthplace of some of the most renowned spirits in the world.
In the north, in Charente and Charente Maritime, they make the famous Cognac, double distilled from white wines, and Pineau des Charentes, a fortified wine blending grape must and young cognac, loved for its freshness and roundness.
Further south, in the Gers, the Landes and Lot et Garonne, they produce Armagnac, the oldest brandy in France. Traditionally distilled in a continuous still, it comes from three areas: Haut Armagnac, Ténarèze and Bas Armagnac. These three terroirs sit on the Lannemezan alluvial fan, an ancient soil of sand, clay and pebbles from the erosion of the Pyrenees. They give expressive, elegant and nuanced brandies, with aromas of ripe fruit, sweet spice and dried fruit, revealed as they age in cask.
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