By Donatella Cinelli Colombini

The most expensive is  Henri IV Dudognon Heritage Cognac Grande Champagne costing  2 million and is, deservedly, in the list of the most costly in the world. It has been produced since 1776 by the direct descendants of the King and it ages in barrel for more than 100 years The bottle is covered in 24 carat gold and with 6.500 diamonds.

The question is who will drink such a bottle? And most of all will they be able to enjoy it considering the value of each single drop?

However this type of example increases the myth around prestigious French distilled spirits. Cognac comes mainly (95%) from the Charente (where the city of Cognac is) and Charente-Maritime departments situated in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Cognac can’t be produced off its officially delimited lands. Here the calcareous soils make the wines not so pleasant because of the lively acidity. Because of a stroke of luck in the 17^th century the producers discovered that distilling their simple white wines they obtained liqueurs of extraordinary finesse. So  Cognac gets its name from the area of the main production, a distilled product that remains in oak barriques from  two years to nearly a century and has consequently quality levels  and prices that vary enourmously.…

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