Cognac & Pineau Des Charentes
On holiday last year in the Dordogne region, we decided to visit a distillery, we were given a card with details of address as follows:-
J BALLUET
Proprietaire Viticulteur Distillateurs De Pere En Fils Depuis 1845
1 Rue Des Ardilleres
17490 Neuvicq-Le-Chateau
we had a wonderful tour of the distillery and also sampled various cognacs and Pineaus, one of the cognacs was 20 years old and superb! The next bottle to sample was 40 years old, oh so smooth, never tasted a brandy like it before. We purchased several bottles of each and emptied the last bottle the other night discussing our next adventure to France this year. Well worth a visit if in the cognac region. Happy days!
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If I do indulge in Spirits it tends to be a really good Cognac or Armagnac. When Mrs WN and MIL are looking for favours when returning from a holiday abroad they always bring mea top notch bottle back. Lasts me ages.
We used to buy Pineau when in France but my taste buds find it a tad sweet these days. We still buy it but give it to MIL who likes sweeter drinks.
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If you can't get as far as France come and sample Somerset Cider Brandy, an apple based product similar to Calvados with some offshoots like an Eau de vie, a Pamona and my favourite the Kingston Black Aperitif. You can enjoy a wander round the yards and see the old French stills, Fifi and Josephine.
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We always bought a bottle of Pineau de Charente home as a holiday momento when we down that part of the world.
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