Vintage Early Landed (((Bottled 2003)))
⏳ Drinking Window
Ready to enjoy upon release, this bottled vintage Cognac will remain in peak condition indefinitely when stored upright away from direct light.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
dark chocolate, blue cheese, roasted duck
✨ Technical Specifications
The 'Early Landed' Cognacs of Hine represent one of the most poetic and historically rich traditions in the spirits world. Following distillation in Jarnac, casks of this 1989 Grande Champagne vintage were shipped across the English Channel to age in the damp, cool, and dark cellars of Bristol, England. This unique maritime microclimate, characterized by high humidity and remarkably stable, cool temperatures, dramatically alters the maturation process. Unlike the dry cellars of Cognac where water evaporates faster than alcohol, the damp British cellars allow alcohol to evaporate more rapidly. This slows down the wood extraction and preserves the pristine, delicate fruit and floral characteristics of the Grande Champagne terroir. The resulting spirit, bottled in 2003, is celebrated for its ethereal lightness, orange blossom aromas, and refined elegance, standing as a testament to a centuries-old Anglo-French merchant tradition.
🍾 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%