The Distillates Tasting #18 - Maison Lheraud

The Distillates Tasting #18:  A saturday evening with Maison Lheraud featuring Mr Lheraud!

New date: 21.12.2024, Saturday, 8 pm CET! There are still a few last 5cl sets available. In addition, we are now also offering 10x 2cl sets to make participation in the tasting more affordable.

Due to illness the original date could not be realised. We are very happy that Mr Lheraud is well again and will introduce us to the world of Lheraud.

Contents of the tasting sets: 6x 5cl or 6x 2cl (Armagnac, Cognac and Pineau des Charentes).

From Shane: "There are but a few independently owned brands in Cognac who, in my experience, command and deserve such a price point as Maison Lheraud. The family has been nurturing spirits since 1860 and continues to distill Cognac, Armagnac and Pineau des Charentes as the generations before. As you can imagine, their cellars contain treasures. I’ve wanted to sit and have a fireside chat with Mr Lheraud ever since I asked a few people at festivals who is their favorite story teller from the region. This will be a good time. We’ve selected two old and rare vintages from each type of spirit they produce.

This won’t be our typical tasting. It will be on a Friday evening (french time) to accommodate Mr Lehraud. And while it will have amazing value, as Clément has done us a gift on pricing, it’s got a big old sticker. For those who don’t know, I don’t make any money on these at all. All funds go directly to the domaine and to cover cost of distribution. If you have never tried a Lheraud cognac, just know that I have given more 8s and 9s than any other rating to every pour that graced my glass."

Tasting Lineup

• COGNAC Petite Champagne 1949

• COGNAC Fins Bois 1989

• PINEAU DES CHARENTES Lheraud 1962

• PINEAU DES CHARENTES François 1er Très Rare 50 years

• ARMAGNAC Bas-Armagnac 1952

• ARMAGNAC Ténarèze 1971

What is the Distillates Community?

The Distillates nurtures a private slack group to coordinate tastings, splits and group buys. We are a community of ~250 fairly obsessive spirit enthusiasts from around the globe; heavily centered in Europe & USA but with members in Australia, Asia, Middle East and Africa. We’ve grown to include a great mix of uber-geeks, highly reputable shops (e.g. Off Premise, Baytowne, Cognac Expert, Armagnac.de), indie bottlers (e.g. Grape of The Arts, L’encantada,New England Barrel Co), and importers (e.g. PM Spirits – USA, Distilled Grapes – Germany, N10 Bourbons – UK, Bien Eleve – USA, Splash International – South Korea).

More details on the Distillates website.