Paul Giraud Cognac Tres Rare 58 years 'Quadro Carafe' Grande Champagne 40% 700ml

Brand: Cognac Paul Giraud

Release Name: Très Rare — 58 Years, Quadro Carafe (1962 Vintage)

Spirit Style / Type: Ultra-Aged Grande Champagne Cognac

Composition: 100% Ugni Blanc

Age: 58 Years (1962 Vintage)

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

Alc / Vol (%): 40.0%

Country: France

Region: Grande Champagne (Premier Cru), Bouteville

Cask Type: French Oak, Decades of Ageing in the Estate's Humid Cellars

Limited Edition: Yes (Rare, Single-Vintage Release — Genuinely Limited by the Volume of the 1962 Distillation)

Award Winner: Not independently confirmed with a specific score for this exact release

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.

Très Rare sits as the penultimate stage in Paul Giraud's own "journey through time and aromas" — one step below the estate's ultimate Noblesse release, and built to showcase Grande Champagne at the absolute top of its art. Drawn from the remarkable 1962 harvest and matured for 58 years, it carries genuine spice-driven power and intensity at the opening, evolving into leather, tobacco and the same stone-fruit character found in the estate's Vieille Réserve, but pushed further into confit, oxidised territory by decades of additional ageing. The Giraud family has cultivated the same Bouteville vineyards in Grande Champagne, Cognac's classified Premier Cru, since 1635, and a Cognac of this age represents a genuinely rare, tangible link to that history — the estate's own tasting notes explicitly reserve it "for connoisseurs" given its remarkable intensity and complexity. Presented in an elegant Quadro crystal-style carafe in a premium wooden presentation box, it's a serious collector's piece and a memorable choice for milestone celebrations — best paired with a full-bodied cigar, exactly as the estate itself recommends.