Crowned Best V.S.O.P. at the World Cognac Awards in 2016, Frapin’s V.S.O.P. Grande Champagne Cognac has continued to collect gold medals ever since and was awarded a massive 97 points at The Ultimate Spirits Challenge. This miniature bottle provides a rare glimpse into this stunning brandy and would make a generous gift or stocking filler. Produced entirely from grapes picked in the heart of Cognac’s Premier Cru, Cellar Master Patrice Piveteau considers this “the quintessential expression of the Frapin style”. Opening up within the glass, it offers up marmalade, cinnamon, pepper, baked apples spiced with freshly grated nutmeg, Scandinavian gingerbread, praline, baguette and honey flavours. It can be sipped on its own or paired with meaty main courses, pâté starters or baked fruit desserts. Able to trace its history back to 1270, the much-loved house of Frapin can be found in the Grande Champagne region of Cognac, and at over 300 hectares this large single family estate is hard to miss. The Grande Champagne region is the Premier Cru as it produces the very best Cognacs; rich, intense and flavoursome with enormous longevity – qualities which Frapin’s house style clearly epitomises.