Frapin Cuvee Rabelais

Frapin Cuvee Rabelais

 

 

Price    : $ 4,667, 4,300 유로 (전문점 가격)

Size     : 700 ml

Alcohol : 40 %

Area     : Grande Champagne

 

24K 순금 플레이트로 만든 디켄터에 100% Very Old Grande Champagne Cognac을 담아

2002년 1월 17일, 600병 만을 한정 생산하였습니다.

 

이 꼬냑에는 1870년대의 포도뿌리혹벌레 사건 이전에 증류한 꼬냑도 일부 사용되었습니다.

 

오렌지 향, 건조 살구 향, 담배 향 등이 완벽한 조화를 이루며, 균형 있고 산뜻한 Grande

Champagne의 이상적인 맛을 느낄 수 있습니다.

 

Frapin의 꼬냑들은 모두 Grande Champagne 지방의 Frapin 자체의 포도농장에서 생산한

포도를 자체의 증류소에서 증류한 고품질의 꼬냑으로 다른 꼬냑에 비해서 중후한 향과 맛이

그 특징입니다.

 

원래 Cuvee (끼베)란 한 통속에서 숙성 시킨 술 (위스키의 Single Barrel)을 의미합니다.

그러나, 여기서는 특급주라는 의미 입니다.

 

 

Introducing CUVÉE RABELAIS from COGNAC FRAPIN A jewel from an unknown age shaped

by time itself.

A unique and limited edition of only 600 decanters, a tribute to Francois Rabelais, son of

Catherine FRAPIN, born in 1494.
 

Taking Cognac Frapin's world class quality one step further, this outstanding blend of very old

Grande Champagne Cognac is presented in a limited edition 24 carat gold plated decanter

featuring a working timepiece reminiscent of a bygone age.

The Frapin family's ties to the Cognac area of the Charentes region of southwest France span

more than twenty generations, extending back to the early 1200's.

 

Cuvée Rabelais is their tribute to a celebrated kinsman, Francois Rabelais.

 

The 16th century French comic genius and man of letters, renowned for his appetite for good

food and the finer things in life, was related to the Frapin family on his mother's side.

Among cognac producers, family owned Cognac Pierre Frapin is a rarity: Frapin's 741 acre

domain, including 500 acres of prime Grande Champagne vineyards, is the largest by far in this

top rated appellation.

 

As a result, Frapin is able to apply the most exacting standards of quality control at all levels of

production.

The age of Cuvée Rabelais is unknown

 

• Cuvée Rabelais is a blend of very old Fine Champagne cognacs, handed down from one

  generation of the Frapin family to the next.

 

• The greater part of these cognac reserves dates back prior to 1870, before the Cognac region

  was ravaged by phylloxera.

 

• Cuvée Rabelais contains the Ugni Blanc grape, but also Folle Blanche, the variety traditionally

  used in Cognac in a pre phylloxera age.

 

• Folle Blanche, a difficult but rewarding grape known for its finesse and elegance, is rarely used

  in modern times.

A Unique Cognac The nose is fine, delicate and opulent.

 

Complex aromas evolve, mixing with notes of orange, dried apricot and tobacco.

 

In the mouth, balance and finesse dominate, with fruity notes typical of a Grande Champagne

cognac aged on the lees.

 

The flavors are in perfect harmony, demonstrating that Cuvée Rabelais is the ultimate cognac for

the ultimate cognac connoisseur.

The Embodiment of timelessness

 

• Inspired by the pocket watches of yesteryear, this finely wrought 24 carat gold decanter is

  suspended from an elegant gold frame, which serves simultaneously as an objet d'art and

  pendulum.

 

• The pride of the Frapin collection, each Cuvée Rabelais decanter is individually numbered.

 

• With packaging as remarkable as the Cognac inside, Cuvée Rabelais is a masterpiece that

  makes time stand still

Bouquet
The nose is fine, delicate and opulent. Complex aromas evolve, mixing with notes of orange,

dried apricot and tobacco.

 

Taste
In the mouth, balance and finesse dominate, with fruity notes typical of a Grande Champagne

cognac aged on the lees. The flavors are in perfect harmony.