tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post4185174922205561524..comments2024-03-13T04:04:32.568-07:00Comments on Sku's Recent Eats: Chateau de Laubade Armagnac skuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00487419662314518931noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-29120008945406088672016-01-24T20:59:13.425-08:002016-01-24T20:59:13.425-08:00Labaude XO not very interesting? That's intere...Labaude XO not very interesting? That's interesting, I find it exquisite. I had many drinks 3 times the price (scotch, cognac), that were not as good. But I am new to armagnac, so maybe I will still find better ones. I'm sold.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17127267350958562060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-19152161115292686892013-03-11T10:23:16.595-07:002013-03-11T10:23:16.595-07:00Hi Sku,
The Extra has been a bit controversial in...Hi Sku,<br /><br />The Extra has been a bit controversial in my tasting sessions, so I appreciated your take. Some people, especially those preferring bourbon/whisky drinkers, tended to be less enamored of it. This is definitely a sweeter old-style French brandy (cake frosting type notes) and candied almonds, also found in the Tesseron Lot 29, which I liked a lot.<br /><br />Having said that, I haven't been able to revisit this spirit in a while; the cork is stuck! The fancy cork apparatus broke apart, and the rest of it is thoroughly lodged in there. Or at least it's too tough to grip to pull out.<br /><br />Of the last three times that I had it (and it's been five or six months), I adored it once, liked it a lot once, and was disappointed once. <br /><br />I don't know whether the cork wound up being the problem because the last few times I tasted it was clearly oxidized or oxidizing. The first few pours from the bottle were amazing, but the few pours that I was able to get out of it before the cork finally got lost in the bottle were a bit more bitter (and with more notes of rubbing alcohol on the nose). <br /> <br />The Maison Surrenne Tonneau no. 1 was also controversial in that a few people loved it (or some batches of it) and others came away much less impressed.Numennoreply@blogger.com