Coupe des Salaries 250 Years
⏳ Drinking Window
As a highly aged, prestige Cognac blend, it is fully matured upon release and can be enjoyed immediately or cellared indefinitely, remaining in peak condition for decades.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Dark chocolate desserts, mature blue cheeses, or roasted glazed nuts.
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted in 2015 to commemorate the historic 250th anniversary of the house of Hennessy, the 'Coupe des Salaries' is an exceptionally rare, non-commercial masterpiece. Created by eighth-generation Master Blender Yann Fillioux, this unique bottling was gifted exclusively to the maison's dedicated staff as a tribute to their collective craftsmanship and loyalty. The blend represents a meticulous selection of historic eaux-de-vie, primarily distilled from Ugni Blanc grapes grown across Cognac's premier crus. Aged in seasoned Limousin oak casks within the legendary cellars along the Charente River, this spirit offers an incredibly complex profile of dried fruits, warming spices, and elegant rancio, embodying two and a half centuries of unparalleled blending heritage.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1765 by Irish officer Richard Hennessy along the banks of the Charente River, Maison Hennessy has defined the architecture and prestige of modern Cognac. Sourcing primarily Ugni Blanc across the region's elite crus—notably Grande Champagne, Petite Champagne, Borderies, and Fins Bois—the house relies on chalk-dense, limestone-rich soils and a temperate maritime microclimate to achieve base wines of searing natural acidity. Double-distilled on the lees in traditional Charentais copper pot stills, the unaged eaux-de-vie mature inside fine-grained French Tronçais and Limousin oak casks, orchestrated through humid and dry aging cellars. The blending process has been shepherded across eight generations of the Fillioux dynasty, overseen today by Renaud Fillioux de Gironde and the venerated Tasting Committee. From benchmark bottlings such as V.S.O.P Privilège and X.O to crowning legacy assemblages like Hennessy Paradis and Richard Hennessy, the house embodies exceptional purity, structure, and centuries of architectural blending finesse.