A pretty terrific Cognac. Enough boundaries are being pushed here to make this worth one's while.
Overall Rating: ★★★
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We’ve been writing about a lot of flawed products lately. Let’s cover one I love.
Overall Rating: ★★★
A 'Yac that isn't Yuck and won't make you Yack, but yoked to a $50 price point? Yeesh! Personally, I yearn for other young 'Yacs, which yield better results and fewer yawns.
Overall Rating: ★☆☆
Look, I get it: finding new niches for a product and staying competitive is hard. More than anything I want to reward trying something new. But is aging shit in bourbon barrels literally the only thing distillers feel they can try?
Overall Rating: ∅
Underpromise, overdeliver. It's an old axiom any business owner would do well to internalize, and Arshak II is a shining example of how this works in a niche category of spirits.
Overall Rating: ★★☆
Another Armenian brandy today. Buckle up for a coke-versus-pepsi comparison I think is rather apt!
Overall Rating: ★☆☆
A totally rock-solid cognac and representative of the category. So much so, in fact, that it becomes hard to find something novel about this bottle to talk about.
Overall Rating: ★★☆
There's a lot of fun, interesting cognac out there I've never heard of. Here's another to show that those who veer from the beaten path are often rewarded for their curiosity.
Overall Rating: ★★☆
Is it downright awful? No. That said, it's hard to reward what I feel is the taste of resting on centuries-old laurels.
Overall Rating: ⃠
Ever smell something that brings you back to a particular time and place? Perhaps a time and a place you're thankful you haven't experienced in a while? Buckle up for a vivid story!
Overall Rating: ⃠
Support your smaller producer with this lesser-known but fully-capable cognac. The Hardy VS is a solidly crafted spirit that would serve as a great entry point for the cognac clueless. Overall Rating: ★★☆
Armenian Brandy has a pretty rich and storied history. My Armenian friends might be wrong when it comes to System of a Down, but they're certainly not messing around with the Ararat Akhtamar 10. Overall Rating: ★★☆
Yes, it's a $14 brandy. By all accounts it should be terrible, but either I'm a broken person or there's a lot of value and comfort here.
Overall Rating: ★★☆