250
⏳ Drinking Window
As a fully matured, ultra-aged Cognac, it is bottled at its absolute peak and will not continue to age in the glass. It can be savored immediately or kept indefinitely if stored properly.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Dark chocolate, Blue cheese, Roasted duck
✨ Technical Specifications
To celebrate its landmark 250th anniversary in 2013, the historic house of Hine unveiled an extraordinary masterwork: the Hine 250. This ultra-rare, single-vintage Cognac dates back to the legendary 1953 harvest, a year of exceptional quality that also coincided with the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II—a poignant connection given Hine's prestigious Royal Warrant. Selected from the family's private reserve by cellar master Eric Forget and Bernard Hine, this liquid gold was sourced exclusively from the premier cru of Grande Champagne. It aged for six decades in a single cask in the damp, quiet cellars of Jarnac along the Charente River, slowly concentrating its rich, complex aromas of dried fruits, leather, and spices. To match the liquid's majesty, it was housed in an exquisite Baccarat crystal decanter designed by the iconic French designer Andrée Putman, resembling a rough-cut jewel.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1763 along the banks of the Charente River in Jarnac, Thomas Hine & Co. represents one of Cognac's most distinguished artisanal houses, underscored by being the sole cognac house to hold a British Royal Warrant since 1962. Hine centers its philosophy on the premier crus of Grande and Petite Champagne, farming 115 hectares across the chalk-dominant, undulating hillsides of Bonneuil under certified sustainable practices (HVE and CEC). Under long-standing Cellar Master Eric Forget, the house champions the belief that monumental cognac begins as pristine white wine. Vinified exclusively from Ugni Blanc, the wines undergo double distillation on fine lees in traditional Charentais copper pot stills, followed by aging in lightly toasted, fine-grained French oak casks to preserve floral vivacity and mineral nuance. Renowned for its single-estate and single-vintage bottlings, Hine is celebrated globally for benchmarks such as Antique XO Premier Cru, Homage Grand Cru, and its legendary Early Landed vintages matured in humid British cellars.
🍇 Base Material
Ugni Blanc
🍷 ABV
42%