Paul Giraud Cognac Heritage 1999

Paul Giraud

Paul Giraud Cognac Heritage 1999

Style Cognac
Producer Paul Giraud
Origin Cognac — Grande Champagne (Bouteville, Charente)
Bottle 700ml
$335 / btl
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What it tastes like.

The new kid of the range has, like all the little ones, been the subject of special attention. \n \nI thought it would be interesting to age the last year of the century in a separate and unique cellar. The entire 1999 harvest has aged in the cellar of Villeneuve-Haut, slightly less humid than those of Montendres. It was bottled at the end of 2017. \n \nAromatically, it is the bridge between the flower of Napoleon and the fruits of the old reserve (X.O.). The aroma of Napoleon's vine flower intensifies and becomes more captivating; the fruity side of the old reserve appears. This combination of aromas, as well as the aging in dryer cellars, give a higher liveliness and make it a more "intense" cognac. Its success with our amateur customers confirms us in the style of the house: single year and single vintage cognac.

40% ABV

700ml

The house

About Paul Giraud.

Cognac — Grande Champagne (Bouteville, Charente) ·Est. 1976 (brand); 1635 (family on the property)

Cognac Paul Giraud is a tenth-generation family estate in Bouteville, in the heart of Grande Champagne — Cognac's first growth (1er cru). The Giraud family has farmed the property father-to-son since 1635 and made eaux-de-vie continuously across the lineage. The current Paul Giraud Cognac brand was established by Paul-Jean Giraud and his father in the mid-1970s, with first commercial bottling in 1976. Paul-Jean (b. 1952) now passes the operation to his son Paul, the eleventh generation.

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At the table

How to pour it.

  • Temperature

    Room temperature. No ice for the first pour — taste the spirit before diluting.

  • Glassware

    Tulip or copita — NOT a balloon snifter (drops the aroma).

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Keep it somewhere cool, dark, and steady. Wine prefers cellar temperature; spirits are happier away from heat and direct sunlight.

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Why Caravan backs Paul Giraud

Cognac — Grande Champagne (Bouteville, Charente)

The Giraud family's roots in Bouteville — a small village in the Grande Champagne sub-appellation south-east of Cognac town — trace back to around 1650, with the property passing from father to son since 1635. Across that nearly four-hundred-year span the family farmed and distilled eaux-de-vie under various corporate arrangements typical of small-scale Cognac production: estate-grown grapes, on-site distillation, sale of finished spirit to one of the négociants who would blend it under their own house brand. The contemporary Paul Giraud Cognac label was established only in 1976, when Paul-Jean Giraud — together with his father — began bottling the family stock under their own name.

Bouteville sits at the heart of Grande Champagne, the premier cru of the Cognac region — recognised for its chalky soils that produce the longest-ageing, most aromatic Cognac eaux-de-vie. The estate works the standard Cognac varietal mix (Ugni Blanc dominant, with smaller Folle Blanche and Colombard plantings) and double-distils in copper Charentais alembics in the traditional pattern. The cellar holds a deep stock of older eaux-de-vie that Paul-Jean has built across his decades at the helm; the house's reputation rests on the breadth and age of the cellar more than on production volume.

The current Paul Giraud range covers the standard Cognac age tiers (VS, VSOP, Napoleon, XO, Hors d'Âge), plus several single-vintage and aged-stock bottlings drawn from the Giraud cellar — most notably the Heritage 70-year-old Grande Champagne. Beyond Cognac the house produces a Liqueur Gingembre (a 17.5% ginger liqueur built on Grande Champagne Cognac base) and Pineau des Charentes — the regional Cognac-and-grape-must aperitif. Paul-Jean's son Paul represents the eleventh generation.

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