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The Bottle

1925 was quite a year. As well as heralding the release of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby – the Jazz Age in 200 pages – it was also the year of The Last Drop founder Tom Jago’s birth. Meanwhile, on a wine-growing estate down in Cognac, under the warm autumnal sun, a family was picking grapes destined to be double distilled and stored in wood for nearly a century… before making their way to your glass.

Nearly a century later, on this old estate in the heart of Cognac’s Grande Champagne region, we discovered something very special at the back of a cellar. Behind a hastily built wall, erected to protect it from advancing German forces, a single cask had been hidden in 1940. Forgotten for nearly 80 years by the family, it was unearthed by The Last Drop containing enough liquid for fewer than 200 bottles.

The Last Drop 1925 Grand Champagne Cognac

The Last Drop 1925 Grand Champagne Cognac | Collection86

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nose A perfect balance with no single aroma or flavour dominating the others taste The almost explosive ‘rancio’ provides great length to the palate but is beautifully offset by the elegant acidity that brings a touch of lightness finish An unusual hint of ‘café au lait’, with a touch of English toffee, alongside oaky, orange peel, prune and nutty flavours

Distilled in a small, traditional wood-fired still, it is impossible to know exactly which grape varietals were used to make this exceptional cognac. Nonetheless, we suspect a predominance of Folle Blanche, together with Ugni Blanc, Colombard and even a little Muscat. Furthermore, we believe that this cognac spent its life in an ex-Pineau des Charentes cask, imbuing it with a distinct but balanced sweetness.

Kingston upon Thames, England