Grand Empereur

This is quite an item! A VSOP Brandy from the 1970s would be something to take note of regardless, but this is a Grand Empereur bottling. The classification was born in the aftermath of the phylloxera virus of the 1870s which ravaged vineyards, leaving brandy distillers with a choice: distill ve

In the 1870's as phylloxera ravaged vineyards across France brandy distillers had to decide whether to distill very young wine grown after the epidemic or use old wine from before the outbreak called 'Grand eau-de-vie' from the time of Emperor Napoleon III - hence Grand Empereur was born. This i