Starting with a simple idea in mind - to create a BOLD and INTENSE expression of Extra - Cyril CAMUS asked the Cellar Master Patrick Leger to select the best barrels of Extra Cognac to follow a unique ageing process. The chosen barrels were emptied of their precious Cognac and returned to the Master Cooper to be opened one by one, then heated with open flame to release the alcohol still trapped inside the very grain of its oak staves. This heating process is tailor-made, barrel by barrel. The Extra Cognac is then returned to these casks for a special finishing phase that has been named ?Dark & Intense?. Gradually, the structure of the eaux-de-vie and the enhanced flavors of the cask merge together harmoniously.
Wine maker notes
Deeply attached to their Cognac land, the five generations of CAMUS family have succeeded in faithfully preserving the brand?s original values. This process of handing down from father to son now ensures the continuity and development of a unique expertise, with the cornerstones remaining the soil, the vine and the grape. As well as a love and respect for the fruit of the land, the CAMUS culture is based on innovation and the quest for exceptional aromatic qualities - for above and beyond their role as businessmen the CAMUS?s see themselves as winegrowers, explorers and passionate lovers of taste. The fact that the CAMUS family home le Plessis lies at the heart of the highly sought-after Borderies cru is proof of this special attachment to the Cognac region. The CAMUS family is today the largest landowner in the Cognac Borderies appellation. This specific character is down to the vision of Jean-Paul CAMUS, who identified the taste potential of the region?s different terroirs at a very early stage. Guided more by his own intuition than by passing trends, he chose to develop the generally overlooked Cognac cru of Borderies and allow its flavors to shine across the world.
Producer
Deeply attached to their Cognac land, the five generations of CAMUS family have succeeded in faithfully preserving the brand?s original values. This process of handing down from father to son now ensures the continuity and development of a unique expertise, with the cornerstones remaining the soil, the vine and the grape. As well as a love and respect for the fruit of the land, the CAMUS culture is based on innovation and the quest for exceptional aromatic qualities ? for above and beyond their role as businessmen the CAMUS?s see themselves as winegrowers, explorers and passionate lovers of taste. The fact that the CAMUS family home le Plessis lies at the heart of the highly sought-after Borderies cru is proof of this special attachment to the Cognac region. The CAMUS family is today the largest landowner in the Cognac Borderies appellation. This specific character is down to the vision of Jean-Paul CAMUS, who identified the taste potential of the region?s different terroirs at a very early stage. Guided more by his own intuition than by passing trends, he chose to develop the generally overlooked Cognac cru of Borderies and allow its flavors to shine across the world.
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