The Last Drop, Hors d'Age Cognac, Release No.26

This 70-year-old cognac comes from a family domaine that recently closed its doors after generations in the business. It is the latest in a series of extraordinary cognacs, none more so than the 1925 Grande Champagne cognac. Extraordinarily, despite officially being in the Petite Champagne terroir, this latest release was distilled less than half a mile from that jaw-dropping 1925. Distilled in 1950 at a time when most of France was recovering from World War II, the liquid was aged in a large cask made of old wood, helping it to age for seven decades. Naturally, there is a heavy wood influence in this cognac but only after a wonderful sweetness that defies its age.