House of Fine Wine
Delamain Cognac Pale & Dry XO Champagne Cognac 500ml NV x 1
Pale & Dry XO
Created in 1920 by Jacques and Robert Delamain, Pale & Dry XO directly refers to its diaphanous colour and its lightness. The name embodies a strong bias, unique in the XO category: crafting a cognac without added sugar or colouring, aged in old oak barrels, and thus clearer and less marked by the taste of wood. A century later, Pale & Dry XO remains loyal to this original elegance, which, patiently allows the eaux-de-vie to develop majestically.
An icon of the style of the Maison, Pale & Dry XO is made exclusively from eaux-de-vie of Grande Champagne, matured in 350-litre barrels of old Limousin oak, in our centuries-old cellars on the banks of the Charente, from Vinade to Jarnac. The progressive, meticulous reduction of the cognac’s ABV to 42% allows for the perfect balance between power and natural sweetness, emblematic of the Pale & Dry XO.
CHARLES BRAASTAD,
Cellar Master
TASTING NOTES
AROMAS
Particularly delicate, notes of vanilla and apricot, enveloped by fresh notes of passion fruit, orange zest and almond.
BOUQUET
Vanilla which blends into apricot aromas, highlighted by nuances of spices and ginger.
STYLE
Intense and persistent, a perfectly balanced final touch of this rare cognac.