One of the signature Cognacs from one of the oldest players in the Cognac game.

The story of Godet Cognacs is really, really long. We’ll try not to bore you too much wih every detail possible as you can imagine a thing or two has happened in the 4 centuries (add or take a couple of decades) since the story started in 1588. It was then that a Dutch merchant Bonaventure Godet founded a salt and Wine business in the harbour of La Rochelle on the western coast of France. Godet was one of the first traders of the “Dutch burnt wine” — the name under which Cognac was known back in the day. Over the years, the craft and taste have been refined, but Godet Freres Cognac remains 100% family-owned today when it is run by the 15th generation of Godet family.

Godet VSOP Cognac is one of their signature expressions. It’s aged for 10 years in oak casks and shows off all that oak influence: there’s well integrated tannins and floral aromas. Bottled at 80 proof, this mellow and velvety Cognac is very approachable with flavors of hazelnuts and peach jam. No wonder the list of awards is so long… Double Gold and Best in Class at San Francisco Wine & Spirits Competition, Silver at London international Wine & Spirits Competition, and the list goes on. And on, and on.