Visitors will take fun...fanatics will learn a lot...

Half-day sessions, in two times: a guided aromatic visit, then a tasting course

Introductory, yet very comprehensive. An aromatic visit among barrels, old labels and precious flasks.

Guided visits "Cognacs and their aromas": follow your nose..

Level: introductory, no previous knowledge is required. But those who already know Cognacs do not get bored! Duration: about 2 hrs30  (visit 1hr15mn, tasting course 1hr15mn)

• Guided by Véronique Lemoine, follow your nose and unravel step by step the creation of a Cognac. At each step, discover new flavours (with unique sets of aromas developed for the Ecole des Cognacs and spirit samples)
• introduction to the art of tasting Cognacs: tasting game plus interactive tasting of 3 cognacs (VS/VSOP/XO or VSOP/XO/Hors d'Age)

These guided visits can be organized on demand all year round

Tariffs: please contact me

To understand the making of the styles of cognacs, no method is better than putting your nose inside a new barrel or under a pot-still during the "burning" season.

Sleeping beauties

Level: for everybody interested in the aging of cognacs, curious to discover the expertise of the coopers…and to check with one’s own nose what the toasting of oak barrels can add to the spirits. But remember: aging is not only a matter of wood…
Duration: about 3 hrs

• The aromas of wood (visit)
  Visit of a cooperage when the barrels are toasted
• The aging of Cognacs, the influence of wood (course)
  Discovery of specific aromas and flavours given by wood
  Nosing of old “eaux de vie”
  Tasting of three old cognacs aged in different ways

Tariffs: please contact me

Distillers: the alchemists of taste

Level: for those eager to understand how distillation can influence the style of the spirits Duration: about 3 hrs

• Secrets of the alchemists
  History and principles of distillation
  The revelation of the aromas
  
• Tasting course
  Training of your nose
  Discovery of new-make spirits
  
• Visit of a distillery