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Any suggestions? I vacillate around spirits. Lately I've gone back to a little Armagnac. Waitrose in the village stocks it so I have mainly been trying their 2 or sometimes 3 offerings in the £24 to £37 range. Would like to have my horizons broadened.
When I was a twenty something and clawing my way up the professional ladder, I well remember drinking quite a lot of Calvados in a couple of restaurants in Charlotte Street (London). Then I went through my Cognac period in various Relais Chateaux and luxe restaurants in France. Some very old, but never quite hit the spot or the value trigger. Armagnac hits the spot better for me.
Found Armagnac by accident in Bernard Loiseaus' superb restaurant (sad end) on our third or fourth visit, but have no idea now, years removed, what he gave us. But he sat and talked us through a few late into one night.
Not many threads on this here, and the ones the spyglass found are quite old. Would like to get some recent thoughts.
When I was a twenty something and clawing my way up the professional ladder, I well remember drinking quite a lot of Calvados in a couple of restaurants in Charlotte Street (London). Then I went through my Cognac period in various Relais Chateaux and luxe restaurants in France. Some very old, but never quite hit the spot or the value trigger. Armagnac hits the spot better for me.
Found Armagnac by accident in Bernard Loiseaus' superb restaurant (sad end) on our third or fourth visit, but have no idea now, years removed, what he gave us. But he sat and talked us through a few late into one night.
Not many threads on this here, and the ones the spyglass found are quite old. Would like to get some recent thoughts.
but I see they stock one I already have a bottle of and like, and I will try the other one recommended above. Will also try a Darroze offering for a treat.
