Composed exclusively of eaux-de-vie sourced from the Grande Champagne region, Pale & Dry XO is an elegant and extremely delicate Cognac that has been carefully matured in well-seasoned French oak casks.
Light and delicate on the palate, with a long and intense bouquet of apricot and citrus leading a vanilla 'rancio'. The finish is full and soft, leaving your mouth watering for more.
This is very good value for money. A Piedmont red under $30! It has good dark fruit, some nice tannins and acid to balance although it would benefit from some more age to smooth it a bit but I liked its feistiness now.
I was happily surprised by the quality of the labels in the "mystery" case of rose wines - great value for the money I must say. Excellent drinking experience from the unfamiliar labels and happy to enjoy again the familiar ones.