Fine Champagne Homage Grand Cru Blended Vintages -1986-1987
⏳ Drinking Window
Ready to enjoy upon release and will remain in peak condition indefinitely when stored upright in a cool, dark place.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Dark chocolate, blue cheese, gingerbread
✨ Technical Specifications
Created as a magnificent tribute to the house's English founder, Thomas Hine, this unique Fine Champagne Cognac is a masterclass in cross-Channel maturation. Thomas Hine arrived in France from Dorset in the late 18th century, was briefly imprisoned during the French Revolution, and eventually married into a cognac-making family, elevating the house to legendary status. Homage is an extraordinary blend of three distinct 'Early Landed' single-vintage Cognacs (1984, 1986, and 1987) that were shipped in cask to age in the cool, damp maritime cellars of Bristol, England. These are artfully blended with select vintage Cognacs aged in the drier, warmer cellars of Jarnac, France. The result is a beautifully complex spirit that marries the delicate, floral, and ethereal qualities of British aging with the rich, structured, and spicy notes of French maturation.
🍾 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 Ingredient
Ugni Blanc
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
40%