Paul Giraud Cognac Heritage 60 years Grande Champagne 40% 700ml

Brand: Cognac Paul Giraud

Release Name: Héritage (60 Years)

Spirit Style / Type: Hors d'Âge Grande Champagne Cognac

Composition: 100% Hand-Harvested Ugni Blanc, Blend of 1945, 1946 and 1947 Vintages

Age: Approximately 60 Years

Volume: 700ml Bottle (Presented in a Wooden Gift Box)

Alc / Vol (%): 40.0%

Country: France

Region: Grande Champagne (Premier Cru), Bouteville

Cask Type: Humid Limousin Oak Cellars, Approximately 60 Years' Maturation

Limited Edition: Yes (One of Only Two Blended Releases in the Paul Giraud Range, Genuinely Limited by the Volume of the 1945-47 Reserves)

Award Winner: Yes — Silver Medal, Concours des Vignerons Indépendants 2012; 94/100, Cognac-Expert Tasting Panel

Cognac Paul Giraud is a family-owned estate in Bouteville, in the heart of Grande Champagne, with winegrowing roots tracing back to around 1650 — nearly four centuries of continuous family stewardship. Paul Jean Giraud, born in 1952, represents the 10th generation to lead the domain, having founded the modern Cognac Paul Giraud brand alongside his father in 1975. The estate's vineyards sit entirely within Grande Champagne, Cognac's classified Premier Cru, in the shadow of the historic Château of Montmorency-Bouteville, and Paul Giraud is widely regarded by specialists as one of the finest representatives of authentic, single-vintage Grande Champagne Cognac, producing a range spanning from 6-year to 60-year-old releases.

Héritage is one of only two blends in the entire Paul Giraud range — alongside the ultra-rare Noblesse — and the estate itself says it must be "classified separately, both aromatically and historically" from the rest of the portfolio. It's built exclusively from the 1945, 1946 and 1947 vintages, harvests distilled in the immediate aftermath of World War II, giving this Cognac genuine historical weight as a deliberate commemoration of renewal and resilience rather than simply "old stock." Sixty years of continuous ageing in the family's humid Limousin oak cellars has pushed the eaux-de-vie to what the estate calls "the paroxysm of oxidation" — the point where fresh fruit character gives way entirely to almond, kernel and profound rancio notes unique to Cognacs of truly advanced age. That quality has been formally recognised, winning a Silver Medal at the Concours des Vignerons Indépendants 2012 and scoring 94/100 from Cognac-Expert's independent tasting panel. Made from hand-harvested Ugni Blanc, distilled in small pot stills with no additives, colouring, chemicals or pesticides, it's presented in a classic Cognac-style bottle encased in a wooden gift box. A genuine museum-piece for the most serious Cognac collectors — a tangible taste of post-war Grande Champagne history.