Fine Champagne Homage
⏳ Drinking Window
Ready to enjoy upon release; as a distilled spirit, it will remain stable and can be preserved for decades if stored upright in a cool, dark place.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Dark chocolate desserts, blue cheese, roasted duck
✨ Technical Specifications
Hine Homage is an extraordinary tribute to the house's founder, Thomas Hine, who arrived in France from Dorset, England, in the late 18th century. This unique Fine Champagne Cognac is a masterful blend of single-vintage Cognacs: three 'Early Landed' Grande Champagne vintages aged in the damp, cool cellars of Bristol, England, and one vintage aged in the warmer, drier cellars of Jarnac, France. This transatlantic maturation process marries the delicate, floral, and ethereal qualities of the British-aged spirits with the rich, structured, and velvety depth of the French-aged components. The result is a highly complex, elegant Cognac featuring notes of pear, orange peel, and fresh honey, underscoring Hine's historic connection between England and France.
🍾 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
40%