Nicholas Barker, Serious Brandy, 16/07/2026:
Color: Medium Amber
Nose: I'm not exactly naïve going into this, both because I've had a decent amount (not quite Sten Spans-level) experience with the house and I've read/watched the reviews of folks like Benjamin Heinzelmann, Roger Caroni, and Ruben of Whisky Notes (always good for a timely Malternative review). But yes, this makes plenty of sense in light of all that: It's gorgeously fruity in the lighter, freshy, jammy sense. It's all on that delectable combination of yellow and orange fruits that's typical both of the house and Grande Champagne of this age. Laurichesse is known for oranges, but there's also the most clearly-defined apricot that one could expect to find outside of EDV. What's noteworthy here is just how clean and vibrant everything feels. Cooking this down would seemingly produce the best marmalade imaginable. I'm guessing some of the wood will start to announce itself on the palate, but it's really hard to detect so far.
Taste: A perfect continuation from the nose. The arrival is thick and flavorful, but it lacks the telltale "attack" nip that I suspect the older sibling (husband? patriarch?) will possess. This is distilled fruit juice. Wait, yes, obviously--I mean it feels like a distillation of delicious fruit juice. It's incredibly reminiscent of one of the first trio of Journal des Kirsch releases: the JLP Lot 79 from Petite Champagne. Like there, I find myself almost bowled over with the combination of intense fruit flavor and elegance achieved through craft and age. I'd never mistake this for young, but there's not a single bit of deleterious age presenting.
Finish: A very tiny bit of cinnamon starts to appear from the mid-palate, and it leads us into the finish. Other than that, it's more of the same: crystal-clear fruit.
Comments: It's sort of miraculous when you consider it. Somehow, fermented and distilled grape juice can be put into oak for decades and come out fresh as a daisy and absolutely bursting with orange and yellow fruit as though you're nosing a produce section. I'm looking at my bottle; after some top-offs, it's getting pretty empty. Might be worth another order to have a full one all to myself. Spectacular.
Score: 93 points

Nose: white peaches, with a sharp crisp crunch. You would never imagine a peach could be controversial, but I am from camp crunch, and then the people I pitty who are in camp juicy-slurpy-sloppy-goopy. The difference is the acidity. A white peach has far less acidity than a yellow peach. As such, once it's totally ripe, the sugar takes center stage, reaching gummy candy levels. The perfect white peach is not a sugar bomb. It pops with bright floral aromatic, a rich, mellow honeyed undertone and a lick of acidity. Been chilling 15 minutes basking in the nose. Vanilla cardamom nectarine smoothie. Thai basil on heirloom tomatoes. Cedar plank from the oven. Passionfruit flowers in bloom on a warm day.
Palate: Oh, I love the balance. Nectarines sorbet with a shake of limoncello. Meyer lemon zest. Longan fruit, which I fell in love with in Singapore - lychee's little cousins, less juicy and more earthy bass in character with less high notes. Honeydew melon. Haribo sour grapefruit gummy slices, the white ones, not the pink ones. Sun dried kiwi slices. White tea served with a turkish baklava dusted very lightly with nutmeg and cinnamon. Candied orange peel.
My Julie will love this. It is pure fruit forward grand champagne freaking elegance. The tropical notes are balanced with a hint of acidity and a lick of oak. Anyone would be honored to have this poured for them. Now for those of you who know my palate, it's missing that hint of neurosis which would make me fall madly deeply in love but I am quite glad to have a small bottle and it’s vanishing very quickly. I've waffled between 7 and 8 all week. For you fruitatarians, who don’t need that kick of umami with your meal, it might be a 9 / 10. The bottle was a gift from Pieter Knapen and Ysatis when they visited my lab and posed as human lab rats to test my experiments. I definitely came out on the winning side of this exchange.

Ruben Luyten, www.whiskynotes.be, 30/06/2026:
Nose: really fruity, with orange peels and fresh mint leaves up front, as well as an ethereal hint of kitron leaves from Naxos. Then paraguayo peaches and whiffs of lychee. Some blossomy notes, a little sandalwood and light tobacco. Total brightness, with lots of essential oils at its core.
Mouth: refined and really bright again, with these citrus peels, mint and almost perfume extracts taking the lead. Mirabelles, peaches, pink grapefruit and bergamot. Clementine peels. There’s also a tighter side, on leathery notes, bitter almonds and liquorice, as well as some jasmine green tea.
Finish: medium to long, still zesty, with cedar, peach and yuzu. Just a subtle resinous note as well.
More or less on par with the previous Laurichesse Lot 76 (from memory). Elegant and refined, but with a certain tightness and lots of essential oils. Great.
Score: 90/100

Benjamin Heinzelmann, Arcore, 28/06/2026:
You can find his Review and Video to this Cognac at the following link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzafoC5O2bI
score: 94/100

Les TonTonsmaltes, instagram, 26/06/2026
L’élégance et la maîtrise absolue. 🕊️ Le nez s’ouvre d’abord sur le coing et la pêche blanche avant de révéler des touches exotiques plus subtiles de litchi, yuzu et goyave, enrobées par la fleur d’acacia et le bois de cèdre. En bouche, c’est soyeux, extrêmement raffiné, mais avec une profondeur incroyable due à son brut de fût. On retrouve cette trame de fruits gorgés de soleil, parfaitement équilibrée par le bois, l’amande et une touche de thé séché. Une finale pure, exotique et terriblement classe.
⭐ Ma note : 91/100

Roger Caroni, Le blog a Roger, 24/06/2026:
Nez
Un nez très fruité, élégant et mielleux avec pas mal d’agrumes dont l’orange en tête suivis de pêches et autre abricots ainsi qu’une belle cire d’abeille qui englobe le tout avec un fin caramel. C’est bien frais, « juteux » et gourmand…
Quelques notes de fruits à coque comme l’amande légèrement torréfiée viennent ensuite avec les feuilles de tabac, les raisins secs, la vanille, le sirop de pêche, voir quelques traces plus tropicales comme l’ananas ou les fruits de la passion.
Bref, un top nez comme on peut les retrouver sur ces Grande Champagne des 70’s 😋
Bouche
Pareil, tout aussi fruité et agréable. On est face à un spiritueux poli par le temps avec des arômes fruités intenses, concentrés qui amènent une énorme gourmandise.
La mangue sechée, les prunes et autres abricots, les agrumes confits recouvert de chocolat au lait, de caramel et un boisé relativement gourmand qui apporte quelques traces de réglisses, de cuir et de fruits à coque.
Mais c’est clairement le fruits luxuriant que nous prennent le plus de place ici… pour mon plus grand plaisir.
La finale, longue sur le pruneaux et une pointe d’amertume avec un alcool parfaitement fondu à l’ensemble est vraiment agréable et conclu un très beau moment.
Conclusion
Fantastique…encore un superbe Cognac de cette belle maison !
Score
92

Leeuwin

Laurichesse! Yes! Mijn favoriete cognachuis. Pieter en Ysatis hebben niet één maar twee nieuwe vaten geselecteerd uit de chai van Olivier en Léa en daar kunnen we alleen maar blij om zijn. Twee opeenvolgende jaargangen bovendien, met wederom een prachtig label waarop de leeuw uit het wapenschild van het huis is weergegeven. We beginnen met Lot 19.76 waarop een leeuwin te zien is, toepasselijk ‘La Souveraine’ genaamd.

Appelsien op de neus: dit is thuiskomen. Abrikozen, perzik, munt, een hint van kersen, tabaksbladeren… ik krijg wederom het prachtige parfum dat me verliefd deed worden op Laurichesse in het bijzonder en cognac in het algemeen. Hip, hip, hoera! Uitstekende neus, alweer.

Volmondig op de tong en bijzonder fruitig, zoals we ondertussen van Laurichesse gewend zijn. Nou, ja, je went er eigenlijk niet aan. Het is iedere keer opnieuw een absoluut feest voor de smaakpapillen. Appelsien, pompelmoes, kweepeer en mango, maar alles in het kwadraat en mooi omfloerst door een zachte kruidigheid van het hout. Voor ik het vergeet: het feit dat deze op een iets bescheidener ABV gebotteld is, doet absoluut niets af aan het feit dat dit wederom een smaakbommetje is!

De afdronk is lang op toetsen van donker fruit en appelsien, met een verrassend bittertje op het sterfbed. Je mond blijft droog achter, maar wel in de vorm van een brede glimlach.

Halleluja, wat een feest! Vanaf morgen verkrijgbaar voor 289 EUR. Ik ga hem meteen bestellen.

91/100