Prince William Vintage Early Landed (((Bottled 2005)))
⏳ Drinking Window
Ready to enjoy upon release, and will remain in peak condition indefinitely when stored upright away from direct light.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
dark chocolate, blue cheese, roasted duck
✨ Technical Specifications
This exceptional vintage Cognac represents Hine's signature 'Early Landed' tradition, a rare aging process where selected casks of young Grande Champagne Cognac are shipped across the English Channel to mature in the cool, damp cellars of Bristol, England. The high humidity and stable, cool maritime climate of the British cellars dramatically slow down the evaporation of alcohol relative to water, resulting in a spirit of unparalleled delicacy, floral elegance, and refined fruitiness, with far less heavy oak influence than those aged in the drier cellars of Jarnac. Distilled from the superb 1990 harvest and bottled in 2005 after fifteen years of patient maritime slumber, this release showcases the historic connection between Hine and the British market, a relationship cemented by the Royal Warrant they have proudly held since 1962.
🍾 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%