The aroma is fruity and enticing, offering dried fig and toffee notes. Light and spiced on the palate, it opens with candied ginger and honey before yielding to oaky vanilla, plum skin and orange peel. Add water or ice to cool the alcohol heat and serve with squares of dark chocolate. Blend of four- to 11-year-old Armagnacs.

The Haut-Armagnac La Réserve is very pretty, aromatic and lifted. What this young Haut-Armagnac lacks in age it more than makes up for with its exquisite balance and finesse. There are no hard edges whatsoever. Sweet spice, leather and floral notes give the Réserve notable aromatic presence to match its mid-weight personality. La Réserve is a blend of young Ugni Blanc and Colombard, usually about six years old, aged in 100% new French oak and bottled at 45% abv.