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Jean Fillioux
A Cognac
Tradition Since 1880
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The
Jean Fillioux
vineyards lie in the heart of the Grande Champagne in the "golden
triangle": Verrières, Angeac-Champagne and Juillac-le-Coq.
It is well known, this area yields the most delicate and finest Cognac,
and requires long oak barrel ageing to achieve maturity: the ageing is
the key. |
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The
men in the Fillioux dynasty have each borne a great love to their region
and their soil. They have, from generation to generation, been blessed
with an exceptional "nose":
that one, unique, talent that sets apart those who love greatness and
those who are actually able to create it.
However,
nothing is done without Pascal J. Fillioux's full control, from wines to
labels and from soil to bottle. It's a one-man-show. |
While each stage of the process is important,
aging is the key.
Both Cognac and Oak are "alive"; under the guidance of Pascal
J. Fillioux, their encounter has charm. He tastes different barrels
daily, changes them, moves them. Just like a ballet in wood and
darkness. But his secret, he keeps: All year long, as dusk falls, you
may find him in the darkness of his cellars, listening to his Cognacs
grow older, older, older.
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eaux-de-vie remains in new barrels for 8 to 10 months, absorbing
as much tannins and color as possible.
This long exposure to new
oak will convey, in ten years time, a symphony of wonderful
flavors -flowers, dry fruits, vanilla, almonds, port -- that
will become more and more powerful with each year spent in
casks. |
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