The Prince of Wales, the future King George IV of Great Britain was a cognac connoisseur. He requested the Hennessy VSOP or Very Special Old Pale from the House of Hennessy, which eventually became a benchmark for all cognac producers and is one of the best cognacs in the world.
THE ART OF EXCELLENCE
Cognac is not made, it is created. At Hennessy, cognac is created with kindness, attention, firmness and affection.
It starts off at the grapevine yielding Ugni Blanc, the light fruity grape specially suited to Hennessy Maison’s double distillation in great copper stills. To ensure that the best cognac is filled with excellent aromas, only eaux-de-vie from the four great crus of the region (Grande Champagne, Petite Champagne, Borderies and Fins Bois) are selected.
SAVOIR FAIRE
At Hennessy, the cakes used are from over 100-year-old oak trees and exclusively from French forests. There are over 300,000 casks at the Hennessy Maison. The rarest cognac is created here.