Roger Caroni, leblogaroger.eu, 26/03/2025:
Nez
Gras, gouaché, mielleux, caramélisé et très gourmand…. bref, on entre directement dans du très lourd pour cette petite session Cognac.
La pâte de fruits aux agrumes, abricots, fruits à chair jaune se marie à un gourmand caramel qui entoure des fruits secs, des pruneaux et autres figues, le tout accompagné de quelques notes de vernis, de léger solvant et d’un fin boisé chocolaté.
Bref, c’est hyper gourmand et semble être parfait 😍
Bouche
Le boisé se fait plus présent, d’abord sur des notes de fruits secs torréfiés comme les noix ou autres noisettes, une légère réglisse, feuille de tabac et cuir.
Ensuite, notre pâte de fruits tropicaux avec la mangue, l’ananas rôti, les fruits de la passion s’offre à nous, accompagné d’oranges sanguines juteuses. Un fin caramel vient recouvrir le tout.
La finale, relativement longue revient sur les notes plus sèches de bois, poudre de chocolat et une légère amertume rappelant le pamplemousse rose.
L’alcool apporte un beau peps…. top.
Conclusion
Le contraste entre le nez et la bouche est vraiment agréable, avec ce lien fruité qui arrive à mi-bouche… je ne sais pas si c’est clair, mais pour moi ça l’est 🙂
Bref, c’est chié bon… mais ça a évidemment un prix ce genre de petite chose 🙂
Score: 92/100

Benjamin Heinzelmann, Arcore, 02/2025:
You can find his Review and Video to this Cognac at the following link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL3gGy34Dfg
score: 90/100

Serge Valentin, whiskyfun.com, 30/03/2025:
A 1945 at 58%? These Belgians are completely mad. We agree that 1945 was 80 years ago, right? In Scotland, they’d hand you the keys of a free convertible Bentley with every bottle, though to be fair, no one would know what to do with it. I mean the Bentley, of course. Anyway, this is a Fins Bois from a bouilleur de cru. Colour: red amber. Nose: astonishing freshness, varnish, cherries, peonies, old sweet wines, Málaga, pineau, Banyuls, then cured ham and Corinth raisins. Impressive. With water: we're fully into old wines now, especially Bordeaux. Peonies, blackcurrant, violet, mint, liquorice, roots… Wow. Mouth (neat): the wood and pepper grab you in a bit of a pincer movement at first, with a huge—really huge, bigly huge—wave of black tea, but that was to be expected. Then comes old chartreuse, very bitter chocolate, old oloroso, strong mint and salted liquorice… What’s impressive is that a certain fruitiness still manages to emerge through this woody onslaught, especially plum and cassis. With water: little change, truth be told. We’d already crossed into another dimension, and we remain there. Finish: banana and varnish—is that possible? Since they had the liquid analysed, could they confirm the isoamyl acetate content? Comments: such fun! Nothing fits, yet everything works. Magical…
SGP:471 – 91 points.

Ruben Luyten, www.whiskynotes.be, 21/02/2025:
Nose: spot on, right away. A lot of mead and Manuka honey, with quince jam, a little brass polish and furniture varnish. Then orange peels, blood orange and dried apricots. Caramelized macadamia nuts. A hint of engine oil even. And rich toffee. Glorious composition!
Mouth: quite robust for such an oldie, with excellent richness. It starts on glazed chestnut and some walnut dryness, more blood orange, pink pepper and spiced honey. Then mid-palate a burst of tropical fruits like mango, tangerines and pink grapefruits. Also herbal tea, peppermint and roasted almonds.
Finish: very long, still going strong on mango, orange peels, rancio and mild tannins.
The nose is priceless. After that, the palate is much more powerful and rich than I expected, but it does have wonderful tropical fruits. It simply keeps giving.
Score: 92/100