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Martell Blue Swift Spirit Drink (AKA Cognac)

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alc./vol:
40%

Proof:
80°

Vintage:
Non-vintage

Aged:
No age statement

Product of: Product of France France

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Blue Swift is “the first-ever spirit drink made of cognac VSOP and finished in bourbon casks.” Let’s be blunt about this, Blue Swift is a ‘cognac’ finished in bourbon barrels so the Cognac bureaucrats won’t allow it to be called cognac, hence Martell have been forced to call it a spirit drink Read more

Review and Tasting

Sampled on 02/05/2018

Appearance

Clear, deep coppery amber.

Aroma

Prune, baked apple, crème brûlée, violet blossom, flambéed peach and toasted nuts.

Taste

Toasty oak, baked apple, ginger spice, vanilla fudge, burnt caramel, sweet ripe plum and peach.

Aftertaste

Lightly spicy caramel and prune finish. Fades with baked apple pie and sweet peach.

Overall

A ‘cognac’ finished in bourbon casks - bring on the mint juleps and Sazeracs - and if you do you’ll find the results are excellent. Indeed, Mattias Lataille, makes his excellent Classic Symphony, a Mint Julep inspired Sazerac, with 50ml Blue Swift, 5ml sugar syrup (2:1), 1 dash orange bitters, 2 dash Peychaud’s Bitters, 4 mint leaves and 1 lemon zest, stirred together with ice in a mixing glass and then served in a chilled absinthe rinsed glass (without ice). This is a cocktail ‘cognac’ rather than a sipping cognac, although it is balanced and quaffable with toasty oak, baked apple, ginger spice, vanilla fudge, burnt caramel and sweet ripe peach. But more than that, Blue Swift is a “spirit drink” that dares to challenge the fusty bureaucratic rules of Cognac.

Further product information

Barcode UPC: 3 219820 006070
Bottle Size: 700 ml
Closure: Agglomerated cork stopper

Type of wood used for main maturation: New European Oak
Type of vessel used for main maturation: Barrique (Cognac Type) 300 Ltrs
Type of wood used for additional maturation 'finishing': American Ex. Bourbon

More about Martell Blue Swift

Produced by Cognac Martell (Société Martell & Co SA)

Founded in 1715, the last year of Louis XIV's reign, by Jean Martell, the firm that bears his name is the oldest and one of the best-known of the great cognac houses. In 2015,...

Owned by Pernod Ricard Group

12 Place des Etats-Unis, Paris Cedex-16, 75783, France
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UK distribution by Pernod Ricard UK

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