Chinese New Year Limited Edition XO
⏳ Drinking Window & Cellar Guidance
As a fully matured spirit, this Cognac is bottled at its peak and does not age or improve in glass. It is ready to be enjoyed immediately upon release and will remain in perfect condition for decades when stored upright and away from direct light.
🍽️ Culinary Pairings
Dark chocolate truffles, slow-roasted Peking duck, and mature artisanal cheeses such as aged Gouda or Comté.
✨ Technical Specifications
This limited-edition release celebrates the 2023 Lunar New Year, the Year of the Rabbit, featuring striking bottle and packaging artwork by the renowned Chinese-French contemporary artist Yan Pei-Ming. Inside the artistic decanter is Hennessy's legendary XO Cognac, a historic blend first created in 1870 by Maurice Hennessy for his inner circle of friends. It is masterfully blended from approximately one hundred distinct eaux-de-vie sourced from Cognac's premier crus, including Grande Champagne, Petite Champagne, Borderies, and Fins Bois. Aged in French oak casks, this robust spirit delivers a multi-layered sensory experience characterized by rich notes of candied fruit, dark chocolate, wild cocoa, and a distinctive, warming black pepper spice that lingers on the finish.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1765 by Irish officer Richard Hennessy, Maison Hennessy is the world's leading Cognac house, nestled along the banks of the Charente River in Cognac, France. The house's enduring excellence is rooted in centuries of savoir-faire and a historic multi-generational collaboration with the Fillioux family of Master Blenders. Utilizing meticulously selected Ugni Blanc grapes from Cognac's finest crus—including Grande Champagne, Petite Champagne, Borderies, and Fins Bois—Hennessy double-distills in traditional copper pot stills before patient maturation in fine-grained French oak casks. Renowned for setting international benchmarks, its iconic range spans the elegant VSOP Privilège and the original X.O—pioneered in 1870—to exceptional prestige assemblages like Hennessy Paradis and Richard Hennessy.