Lepanto Solera Gran Reserve, produced by Gonzalez Byass, possesses a great deal of character within it stylish bottle. The brandy itself is produced exclusively using Palomino grapes and is aged for years in Fino casks within a Solera system, where it develops a rich, unctuous profile that ripples with ripe berries, baking spices and indulgent oak.

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Terrific value for money - especially if you can find it on offer in an Airport Duty Free store. A class act from Spain - decidedly not in the Brandy and Coke category. En garde Cognac !