Grande Champagne Cognac Tasting & Dinner

Wednesday 15 July * Boisdale of Bishopsgate

Hosted by Ranald Macdonald
£45 Members; £65 Non Members



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Fois gras parfait, toasted brioche, smoked golden raisins
Hennessy Grande Champagne Cognac 1982
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English snails in parsley & garlic butter
Hennessy Grande Champagne Cognac 1977
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Roast Gressingham duck breast with orange & fennel confit
Hine Grande Champagne Cognac 1986
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Bitter chocolate mousse
Delamain Grande Champagne Cognac 1982
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Strathdon blue rarebit
Hennessy Grande Champagne Cognac 1979

Ranald Macdonald will host this vintage Cognac extravaganza. These are very special Cognacs arguably from the three greatest producers in the Cognac region.

You may well wonder whether or not we do seriously believe that pairing food and Cognac is a good idea? Well, the answer is definitely not, but it will be amusing and could be interesting. We are convinced that this event will not spawn a new fashion in dinner parties. However the elegance, complexity and diversity of style of which Cognac is capable will be suitably impressed upon you during this dinner and probably more so than if we had either simply had a tasting or if indeed we had planned a traditional dinner with lashings of wine hoping to detect and celebrate the subtle nuances of the assembled Cognacs afterwards.

For those of you who are unaware, the region authorised to produce cognac is divided up into six zones and broadly covers the department of Charente-Maritime, a large part of the department of Charente, a few areas in Deux-Sèvres and Dordogne. The six Cognac Appellations are - in order of decreasing appreciation and importance - Grande Champagne, Petite Champagne, Borderies, Fins Bois, Bon Bois and Bois Ordinaire.

If you would like to attend this event please contact Pam on 020 7283 1763 or info@boisdale-city.co.uk. 7pm for 7.30pm.