Jacoulot – Fine de Bourgogne

At the doorstep of the Beaujolais wine region, in the town of Romanèche-Thorins, Maison Jacoulot has been offering for nearly 130 years an exclusive and extensive range of artisanal refined Spirits: Marc de Bourgogne, Fine de Bourgogne, Crèmes de Fruit and Liquors. In 2013 Philippe & Anne Vançon had an opportunity to take over the historical Maison Jacoulot, bringing forgotten spirits and liqueurs up to date, alternating brilliantly between authenticity and innovation. Note that all Jacoulot products are made in Burgundy in a genuine artisanal way. No manufacturing process is subcontracted, thus guaranteeing the excellence of Jacoulot’s know-how. Internationally recognized for its excellence and quality of its distillates, Jacoulot is distributed through a selective network of gourmet wine shops and Michelin Starred restaurants in France and Europe.

Like Cognac and Armagnac, the Fine de Bourgogne Jacoulot is an eau de vie produced from the distillation of the Clair de Lie (wine and lees left at the bottom of a barrel after racking) produced exclusively from Pinot Noir of the Côte de Beaune. The wine is distilled on small copper pot-stills before being aged, like their Marc, in various sized barrels for decades at a time. The Fine has an elegance and grace that is lost in the intense flavors of the Marc. It will suit the palate of any lover of Cognac or even Armagnac thanks to the quality and complexity achieved after more than 7 years of aging. No chill filtration. No other additives are used.

The nose is discrete at first, but more assertive with time. It is vinous with notes of fruits (vineyard peach, cherries), marzipan, caramel, milk chocolate filled with raisins and a touch of hazelnuts (‘praliné’). With time, spices show up with notes of vanilla and ginger. Fruits are more ‘gourmand’ (raspberry jam, candied fruit cake). A touch of sandal wood on the background. On the palate, the attack is mellow, with caramel, cooked plums, tobacco, and spices (cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla) on the mid-palate. The finish is rather long on prunes, badian, caraway and tobacco.

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