Thanks. What was the cost of the 86 if you don’t mind me asking?
~275 delivered
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for anyone who collects tesseron, lot 29 is discounted to 430 at cognac expert
With the euro at par, I’m thinking of adding a little.
Perhaps Norman Mercier 76? Love the XO.
That would be superb.
Are you guys familiar with Domaine de Charron? It is accessible in the US?
Any particular standouts of Grosperrin on the fine drams site?
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Heading to London soon. Most of my beverage cargo coming home will be wine purchases from 2 years ago, but I have space for a couple of bottles so I ordered one each of Normandin-Mercier 30 and Darroze 30 to pick up when I’m there. Thanks for the recs in this thread, and I’m looking forward to trying them.
You don’t have to pay British tax if you pick it up there?
Once upon a time (like when I bought the wines I mentioned two years ago) you had to pay the VAT if you picked it up there, but you could show your receipt at the airport (and that you still had the item to take with you out of the country) and get a VAT refund. They have abolished that, much to my disappointment.
If the retailer ships direct to the US, they can do that and not charge you the VAT. This retailer does not.
If the retailer sells in bond and you have a relationship with another bonded warehouse to consolidate for shipping, you can also avoid the VAT that way.
Given that this retailer doesn’t ship to the US, and I don’t buy in the quantities that would justify doing the in bond/direct import route, I have paid the VAT on these two bottles. Still comes out cheaper than the States at the moment, given that I’ll already be over there and the retailer does deliver free to my hotel.
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Have you had the 2009 10yr? It seems sort of expensive for strictly the age but there must be more to this particular bottling?
no, i’ve had the 15 which is very good, though.
Thanks, I think I’ll take a flyer since it’s priced right @ $89.
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Are you buying from fine drams?
35% off when you buy 3 bottles of any here. Looks like they have 2 left.
I actually lied, I have had this bottling before, except it was the 2006 version. It’s very good.
The pricing is super expensive compared to the European pricing; you should check out fine drams. At 89 not bad though.
They have the 2011 Petit (this is grand) 10yr for 60 eur, but the bottle is only 50 cl. That’s why I figured this was a decent deal…am I missing something?
Those are pretty young bottlings. Their cognacs are significantly better in the 40+ year range but the younger ones aren’t bad too, just depends how you like your spirits.
Now we are circling back to my original question 
Only thing I can figure is that it’s a selection and prestige of where the grapes are grown, because yes even in their own line they sell significantly older bottlings for comparable $
It’s because the prices from us sellers is much higher.