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Hine celebrates 250 years with £9,000 Cognac
Hine Cognac is to release a £9,000 limited edition 1953 vintage, designed in collaboration with Baccarat, to celebrate its 250th anniversary this year.
The Hine 250 decanter will retail for £9,000
The Cognac house, which was sold earlier this month to French group EDV SAS, will release just 250 bottles of a single barrel Grande Champagne Cognac laid down in Hine’s family reserve in 1953.
François and Robert Hine who ran the company in the 1950s, considered 1953 to be an “exceptional year” due to its difficult weather conditions – it was the driest year of the 20th century.
“These particularly difficult weather conditions in 1953 have given this Cognac qualities which have needed long ageing,” said Eric Forget, cellar master of Hine. Since I have been Hine’s cellar master I have tasted every Cognac every year to monitor their ageing and their potential. I can simply say that only this Cognac has always received the very highest mark of all the Cognacs laying in our cellars”.
The Hine 250 decanter is described as having notes of yellow fruit, acacia, honey and fig on the nose, as well as orange zest, tobacco and leather on the palate.
The decanter itself is made from Baccarat crystal in an understated design reminiscent of a roughly-cut diamond. It is presented in an opulent wooden case designed like a luxury jewellery box.
The Hine 250 decanter will be available to buy on strict allocation from October in the Cognac house’s core travel retail and domestic markets of the US, the UK, Russia and China, at an RRP of £9,000.