Tasting Notes Very Superior Old Pale. Were not sure this moniker does Courvoisiers most popular Cognac justice. Lets start on the right-hand side. Pale hardly. Its richly coloured and glows like the finest amber. Old well yes but its actually really old. Some of the components within the blend are 2.5 times older than the legally required maturation period. And finally Very Superior. More than 50% of the blend is eau-de-vie from Grande Champagne the finest terroir in the region. As a Gold Medal winner at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition one of the fastest growing brands in the UK and the go-to choice for everyone from Napoleon Bonaparte to the legends of the urban music scene Very Superior might be underselling it a little. Explosively aromatic expect juicy peach quince marzipan golden syrup caramelised cashews newly coopered barrels distant smoke a breakfast of freshly ground coffee and honey on granary toast; then to finish the exotic floral warming muskiness of jasmi